Agriculture and artisanal gold mining in Sierra Leone: Alternatives or complements?

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1080-1099

  Cartier, Laurent E ^a   Bürge, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Artisanal mining; Diamond; Gold; Markets; Rural livelihoods; Sierra Leone; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DIAMOND; GOLD MINE; PROFITABILITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 80054974291     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1833     Document Type: Article

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