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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Chinese participation in Ghana's informal gold mining economy: Drivers, implications and clarifications
Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 34, Year 2014
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This paper brings some clarity to the debate on Chinese participation in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. Over the past decade, tens of thousands of Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana, where they have proceeded to extract gold, for the most part undeterred, illicitly. The perceived impacts of this migration have captured the interest of the global public and attracted considerable media attention. The Government of Ghana has responded, albeit rather pedestrianly, to mounting concerns by assembling a National Task Force to 'flush out' illegal miners. It is argued here, however, that this will only provide short-term relief because the issue being tackled - growing Chinese participation in ASM - is the latest 'expression' of a much bigger problem: namely the sector's perpetual informality, brought about by an excessively-bureaucratic legalization process and failure, on the part of the government and donors, to deliver adequate and appropriate support to desperate operators. The key to reducing the inflow of Chinese migrants to Ghana's mining regions is adequately addressing the root causes of this informality. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hilson, Gavin
United Kingdom, Guildford
University of Surrey
Hilson, Abby
United Kingdom, Egham
Royal Holloway, University of London
Adu-Darko, Eunice
Ghana, Accra
Central University
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Citations: 168
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.03.001
ISSN:
07430167
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Locations
Ghana