Small-scale mining, poverty and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: An overview

Gavin Hilson

Resources Policy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 1-2, 1-5

Abstract: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)--low tech, labour intensive mineral processing and excavation activity--is an economic mainstay in rural sub-Saharan Africa, providing direct employment to over two million people. This paper introduces a special issue on 'Small-scale mining, poverty and development in sub-Saharan Africa'. It focuses on the core conceptual issues covered in the literature, and the policy implications of the findings reported in the papers in this special issue.

Date: 2009
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