Artisanal gold mining pays

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides incomes to an estimated 42 million of individuals around the world, yet systematic data on miners’ earnings are lacking. To remedy this, we developed a sampling and survey method. In a recent paper we apply our method to calculate earnings in a sample of 453 artisanal miners in Kamituga, the largest gold mining town in DR Congo’s South Kivu province.

Jaar van publicatie:2020

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