Buying into formalization? State institutions and interlocked markets in African small-scale gold mining

Futures

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 128-139

  Fold, Niels ^a   Jønsson, Jesper Bosse ^b   Yankson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b COWI Tanzania ^*  (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining; Formalization; Ghana; Gold; Interlocked markets; Tanzania; Value chains

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ARTISANAL MINING; CIVIL SOCIETY; GOLD MINE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL SCALE MINING; STATE ROLE;

GHANA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84907595614     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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