InforMining: an in-depth study of informalization in global gold production: The Philippines

Eugenia Robles Mengoa, Sara Geenen, Boris Verbrugge, Beverly Besmanos and Rafael López Valverde

No 2022.05, IOB Working Papers from Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB)

Abstract: This paper is part of the project ‘InForMining: an in-depth study of informalization in global gold production’ funded by the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) and supervised by Prof. Dr. Sara Geenen and Dr. Boris Verbrugge at the Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium.2 The project has two main objectives: (1) to study informalization processes in the global gold production system and (2) to study their effects on workers. Responding to the first objective, we studied informalization as one of the structural trends characterizing global gold production. This resulted in the book Global Gold Production Touching Ground (Verbrugge & Geenen, 2020). In response to the second objective, we studied the question of informal labour in mining areas in three countries across three continents: Peru in Latin America, the Philippines in Asia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Africa. In this paper, we present the results of a survey carried out by PhD student Eugenia Robles Mengoa and the team of Bantay Kita in the Philippines. Bantay Kita is a coalition of social organizations dedicated to the transparency and accountability of extractive industries. The data were analysed by Eugenia Robles and consultant Rafael López.

Keywords: mining; gold; Philippines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 77 pages
Date: 2022-08
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