Re-agrarianising livelihoods in post-conflict Sierra Leone? Mineral wealth and rural change in artisanal and small-scale mining communities

Journal of International Development

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1054-1067

  Maconachie, Roy ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining; De agrarianisation; Farming mining linkages; Livelihoods; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; MINING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL SCALE MINING;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 80054999178     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1831     Document Type: Article

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