Abstract Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) activities continue to grow in many
resource-endowed countries with ASM-generated revenues serving as a precursor to socio …

This review reflects critically on why, despite its growing economic importance, artisanal and
small-scale (ASM)–low-tech, labour-intensive mineral extraction and processing–occupies …

Abstract The Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) global pandemic has not only caused infections
and deaths, but it has also wreaked havoc with the global economy on a scale not seen …

This paper explains how formalizing and supporting artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)–
low-tech, labor-intensive mineral processing and extraction–would help governments in sub …

This article surveys fifty-two empirical studies on relationships between extractive industries
and poverty, addressing both poverty impacts and possible linkage mechanisms …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides a source of livelihood for millions of mostly
poor people across the globe. At the same time, however, the sector is predominantly …

While the rural development consequences of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform
Programme have been heavily debated, there is a dearth of literature focusing on the post …

Based on the 2011 Annual Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group Lecture, this
paper makes the case for a political ecology of the subsoil. Arguing that subsoil resources …

This article offers preliminary reflections on the potential impact of COVID-19 on artisanal
and small-scale mining (ASM) activities–low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and …

This article develops a critique of ongoing formalization efforts in the Artisanal and Small-
scale Mining (ASM) sector. By departing from erroneous assumptions about a …