Working with legal small-scale miners: Implications for development

被引：6
|
作者：
Botchwey, Gabriel [1 ]
Nest, Michael [3 ]
D'Emidio, Riccardo [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Educ Winneba, Dept Polit Sci Educ, Winneba, Ghana
[2] Univ Sussex, Dept Dev Studies, Brighton, England
[3] 1511-705 Rue William, Montreal, PQ H3C 0R5, Canada
来源：
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2023年 / 35卷 / 06期
关键词：
artisanal small-scale mining; environmental governance; Ghana; GHANA; CORRUPTION; MERCURY; STATE; FORMALIZATION; LIVELIHOODS; GOVERNANCE; POLLUTION; AREA;
D O I：
10.1002/jid.3726
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
Development initiatives focused on illegal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) typically assume that formalisation will address environmental degradation and poverty. But there is little research on legal small-scale miners' (SSMs) perceptions of their environmental impacts, or on demographic characteristics that should inform development programmes. Based on a survey of 137 legal SSMs, this study analysed the perceptions and practices of legal SSMs within the context of an accountability, rule of law and anti-corruption programme, with an environmental governance subtheme, in Ghana. Data suggest that formalisation may not be a panacea for improving environmental governance, findings with policy and practical implications for development programmes.
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页码：1239 / 1253
页数：15
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