With economic progress, it was expected that smallholders would fade into history. This has
been the experience in much of the global North and it was expected to occur as …

In the face of rising graduate unemployment, an increasing number of graduates in Ghana
has joined the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. Hitherto, graduates were …

Ghana legally recognizes ASM as a legitimate livelihood source with formalization
blueprints for operators. However, the regulation of ASM activities in Ghana can largely be …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is increasingly damaging forest, land, and water
resources, and this occurrence is rapidly gaining the attention of interest groups across the …

Dominant artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) narratives highlight the invisibility of
women's livelihoods and gendered struggles in the sector. Indeed, livelihood practices in …

This paper explores the ongoing reconfiguration of peasant labour processes from
agriculture to informal mineral extraction, outlining the motivations of the rural poor in …

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 …

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in mining areas has increased momentum especially
in countries like India where it has been made mandatory. The primary objective of this …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world's largest source of anthropogenic
mercury emissions and releases. These have devastating consequences for miners' health …

Since 1990, northern Madagascar has been overwhelmed by successive and overlap**
resource booms and busts. Erratic commodity markets—including those for gold, sapphires …