‘Once a miner, always a miner’: Poverty and livelihood diversification in Akwatia, Ghana

By G. Hilson. 2010

179 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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In Building and Construction

1. Boris Verbrugge
2. E. Papyrakis
3. J. McQuilken
4. C. Garforth
5. E. Adu-Darko
6. A. Hilson
7. G. Hilson
8. E. Gilberthorpe

In Economics and Econometrics

1. Boris Verbrugge
2. E. Papyrakis
3. E. Gilberthorpe
4. C. Garforth
5. J. McQuilken
6. G. Hilson
7. E. Adu-Darko
8. A. Hilson

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Boris Verbrugge
2. C. Garforth
3. J. McQuilken
4. E. Papyrakis
5. E. Adu-Darko
6. A. Hilson
7. G. Hilson
8. E. Gilberthorpe

Citations in the corpus

• Four decades of support for artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical review (2014, background): “Countless studies (e.g. Banchirigah 2006; Spiegel, 2009; Hilson 2010; Banchirigah and Hilson, 2010) have made this link, pointing to how the structural adjustment programs and widespread neo-liberal economic reforms implemented across the region in the late-1970s and early-1980s led to the…”
• The extractive industries and development: The resource curse at the micro, meso and macro levels (2015, background): “For example, why is poverty exacerbated in mineral contexts (e.g. Hilson, 2010, 2012)?”
• Chinese Participation in Ghana's Informal Gold Mining Economy: Drivers, Implications and Clarifications (2014, background): “…has shown that this is far from being the case (see Banchirigah 2006; Hilson 2009): that the region’s ASM communities are populated by an eclectic group of individuals, the vast majority of whom are driven to the sector because of hardship, not a desire to ‘get rich quick’ (Hilson, 2010).”
• The Economic Logic of Persistent Informality: Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining in the Southern Philippines (2015, background): “Instead, in countries with a long-standing tradition of ASM regulation, such as Ghana and Tanzania, the sector has ‘evolved into a highly intertwined group of semi-formal sectors operating with varying degrees of legal registrations’ (Teschner, 2012: 308).”
• ‘Everyone Now is Concentrating on the Mining’: Drivers and Implications of Rural Economic Transition in the Eastern Region of Ghana (2013, background): “…is not uncommon to find, at work, university graduates, who use their wages to cover tuition fees; former public sector workers made redundant following budget cuts; and ‘lifetime’ miners or people who have engaged in mine work for extended periods elsewhere (Hilson and Potter, 2005; Hilson, 2010).”
• The Resource Curse - What Have We Learned from Two Decades of Intensive Research: Introduction to the Special Issue (2017, background): “Some of these studies have looked at how resource extraction can exacerbate poverty for nearby communities (Hilson, 2010, 2012) or stimulate gender inequalities and social fragmentation (Macintyre, 2003).”