This paper reviews the literature on the linkages between subsistence agriculture and
artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—low-tech mineral extraction and processing—in …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

This article examines the way the notion of labour regime in artisanal and small-scale
mining (ASM) research can contribute to new ways of conceptualising this sector's …

This paper explores how artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)–low-tech, labour-intensive
mineral processing and extraction–has evolved in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades …

Throughout most of the develo** world, the artisanal and small-scale exploitation of high-
value resources such as gold and diamonds, often takes place informally, without the proper …

In recent years, governments, donors and policy makers across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
have increasingly realised the potential of formalizing and supporting artisanal and small …

Smallholders are key political figures produced or reproduced in resource frontiers where
new forms of property or land use emerge. In this paper, I present what I call the 'smallholder …

This paper examines the linkages between subsistence farming and artisanal and small-
scale mining (ASM)–low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and processing–in sub …

The illicit artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of gold (“orpaillage”) in Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory
Coast is considered an “epidemic” by the Ivoirian government, which sees it as harming the …

Combining secondary evidence from a growing body of literature on artisanal and small-
scale mining (ASM) with primary oral history evidence from the Southern Philippines, this …