Gold-mining and risk management: A case study from Northern Benin

Ethnos

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-208

  Grätz, Tilo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atakora; Benin; Risk Management; Small scale Gold mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941112180     PISSN: 00141844     EISSN: 1469588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014184032000097740     Document Type: Article

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