The contest for mineral wealth: an economic analysis of conflicts in Ghanaian mining communities

Daniel Twerefou, Emmanuel Ayine Ayimpusah, John Owusu-Afriyie, Kwame Adjei-Mantey and Godfred A. Bokpin

International Review of Applied Economics, 2017, vol. 31, issue 6, 791-810

Abstract: The paper uses survey data from 1458 households in 60 communities from 24 districts in 5 regions of Ghana and logistic regression to examine conflicts as a contest for mineral wealth in mining communities, estimates the determinants of conflicts in these mining communities and examines how these contests could erode and/or enhance Ghana’s gains from mining. The paper finds that the likelihood of a conflict occurring in a mining area is about 56.7%. Village effect was found to be a significant positive predictor of mining conflict. Also, improvement in primary education, employment opportunities to community members of ages 25–50, the strength of institutions and the absence of small-scale miners in a mining community reduces the probability of conflicts occurring by 12.8, 35.8, 6.57 and 17.7%, respectively. While an increase in pollution levels increases the likelihood of conflicts occurring by 7.1%, primary occupation in manufacturing and services, and increase in household monthly expenditure significantly increases the likelihood of conflicts within the mining communities as the cost of living increases.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2017.1332016

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