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contribution of smale scale mining to poverty alleviation in ghana

  • Rethinking small-scale gold mining in Ghana: A holy …

    The proposed measures can also improve revenue mobilization by the government. It is instructive to note that the loophole and the inadequacies in the current …

  • (PDF) CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL SCALE FISHERIES TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION …

    UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, TAMALE FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN BUIPE BY GODWIN KOFI DZAKPASU (RNR/0114/09) A …

  • Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization …

    Although the mining policy regime prioritizes large-scale gold mining funded through inter/multinational private capital over indigenous small-scale mining sector, …

  • Mamudu Abunga Akudugu, Edward Salifu …

    Over the last two decades, Ghana has experienced a rapid and unprecedented upsurge in small scale mining activities. Concerns of the impacts of small scale mining on the …

  • Mercury: An agent of poverty in Ghana's small-scale gold-mining …

    Abstract This paper argues that a formalized and supported artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector could alleviate significant poverty in rural Malawi. It questions the efficacy of the … Expand

  • A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …

    Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable commodity, …

  • Poverty alleviation in rural Malawi: is there a role for artisanal mining?

    This paper argues that a formalized and supported artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector could alleviate significant poverty in rural Malawi. It questions the efficacy of the government's decision to continue promoting a "farm first" strategy to address the country's poverty problem, given the limited capacity of smallholder ...

  • Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity …

    This chapter discusses small-scale mining in Ghana in the context of two intergovernmental development indicators—the United Nations (UN) Sustainable …

  • Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization challenges in Ghana

    Artisanal and small-scale mining for example accounted for 43% of Ghana's total gold production in 2018 (Adu-Baffour et al., 2021). Ghana was one of the first African countries to recognize ASM through the promulgation of a landmark Small-scale Gold Mining Law in 1989 (Government of Ghana, 1989) aimed at mainstreaming ASM …

  • Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises' Activities, Income …

    Abstract. Daniel Agyapong Department of Management Studies, School of Business University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana Tel: 233-24-616-8010; 233-20-616-8010 E-mail: agyapongdan@yahoo. The ...

  • THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCING ON POVERTY …

    Impact of Microfinancing on Poverty Alleviation and Small Businesses in Ghana, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies, 13 (1): 1-28. Doi: 10.34109/ijsshs.202114001

  • Artisanal mining and poverty reduction in Tanzania

    Abstract and Figures. This article explores the contribution that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) makes to poverty reduction in Tanzania, drawing on findings from research on gold and ...

  • The Impact of Microfinancing on Poverty Alleviation and Small …

    Therefore, micro-credit programs play a significant role in the development. and growth of national economies (F. G. Boateng et al., 2016). According to Effah (2017), small and medium scale ...

  • A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale …

    A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: Impacts in alleviating poverty in Africa. September 2022. SN Social Sciences 2 (197):26. DOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00517-2....

  • SMALL SCALE MINING IN GHANA

    ASM is the supplier of minerals for the Jewelry Industry in Ghana. Serve as Precursors to Large Scale Exploration Companies (Pathfinders) Contribution towards Community Development through Implementation of CSR projects. ASM Contributed 43% (2.1 million oz) of total gold production in 2018, 36% in 2019, 30% in 2020 and.

  • The myth of alternative livelihoods: Artisanal mining, gold and poverty

    Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is advantageous to local communities because of low barriers to entry, creating a wide range of direct and indirect employment opportunities for operators ...

  • The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Employment in Ghana

    Growing and sustaining these small scale enterprise help create employment, reduce poverty and generates revenue for the government as supported by (Abor & Quartey, 2010; Amoah & Amoah, 2018 ...

  • Poverty alleviation in rural Malawi: is there a role for artisanal mining?

    Abstract This paper argues that a formalized and supported artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector could alleviate significant poverty in rural Malawi. It questions the efficacy of the government's decision to continue promoting a "farm first" strategy to address the country's poverty problem, given the limited capacity of …

  • contribution of smale scale mining to poverty alleviation in ghana

    Ahmad Bello, Dogarawa (2009) Poverty Alleviation through Zakah and Waqf Institutions A Case for the Muslim Ummah in Ghana. Ahmad Bello, Dogarawa (2009) Marriage and Divorce in Islam. Ahmad Bello, Dogarawa (2008) Islamic Social Welfare and the Role of Zakah in the Family System.

  • Artisanal and small-scale mining and the Sustainable

    The authors of the Atlas must be criticized for failing to highlight the importance of designing and implementing development policies and strategies with both branches of the mining sector in mind. The ASM and large-scale mineral extraction activities found in sub-Saharan Africa today are organized very differently (Fig. 1).Each …

  • Poverty Reduction Strategies and Programmes in Ghana

    The study through interviews, focus group discussions and observations conclude that small-scale mining can impact positively on community development and poverty alleviation if only a range of ...

  • Addressing Mining Sector Conflicts in Ghana

    mining companies and local communities, including farmers and small-scale miners) (see Andrews et al., 2017; Hilson, 2002). Critically, many communities and people have been dispossessed of their lands (homes and farms) to pave the …

  • 'Agricultural Poverty' and the Expansion of Artisanal Mining …

    A poverty alleviation strategy which has, as its centerpiece, the intensification of support to smallholders—a 'small farm focus'—may not be in the best interests of the rural African . ... Migration dynamics and small scale gold mining in north-eastern Ghana: Implications for sustainable rural livelihoods. Paper presented at ...

  • Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana

    In Ghana, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has grown in size and significance. Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy makes it one of the …

  • The Role of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Promoting …

    In most African countries like Ghana, Madagascar and Zimbabwe, small-scale gold mining has become important due to escalating poverty and lack of employment opportunities in the formal sector, (Logan, 2004). ... The study sought to establish the role of small-scale gold mining in sustaining local communities' livelihoods and exploring how ...

  • Contribution Of Smale Scale Mining To Poverty Alleviation …

    Contribution Of Smale Scale Mining To Poverty Alleviation. Artisanal and smallscale gold mining in Ghana In Ghana, artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM) has grown in size and significance Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy makes it one of the nation's most important livelihood activities, employing an estimated one …

  • A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale …

    Omotehinse, A.O., Ogunlade, S. A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: Impacts in alleviating poverty in Africa. SN Soc Sci 2, 197 (2022). …

  • Increasing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to poverty

    The objectives of this Technical Paper are to highlight the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security and to make practical suggestions on ways that this contribution can be maximized. This paper is organized into three main sections. The first section discusses the concepts of poverty, …

  • Small-scale mining policies in Ghana: Miners

    The contribution of Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) to mineral production in Ghana cannot be underestimated. Gold and diamond production by ASM is increasing tremendously to catch up with what is produced by LSM. Since 2008, the share of diamond production from ASM has been , meaning there is no LSM of diamonds …

  • 'Agricultural Poverty' and the Expansion of Artisanal Mining …

    There has been controversy and debate with regards to the contribution of small scale mining to sustainable development and rural livelihoods as well as discord over why people engage in artisanal ...