Can Microcredit Services Alleviate Hardship in African Small-scale Mining Communities?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1191-1203

  Hilson, Gavin ^a   Ackah Baidoo, Abigail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM); Microcredit; Poverty; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MICROFINANCE; MINING INDUSTRY; SMALL SCALE MINING;

GHANA;

EID: 79957968081     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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