Artisanal Mining and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania
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Date
2009
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Elsevier
Abstract
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 diamond mining in Mwanza Region. The evidence suggests that people working in mining or related services are less likely to be in poverty than those with other occupations. However, the picture is complex; while mining income can help reduce poverty and provide a buffer from livelihood shocks, people's inability, to obtain a formal mineral claim or to effectively exploit their claims, contributes to insecurity. This is reinforced by a context in which ASM is peripheral to large-scale mining interests, is only gradually being addressed within national poverty reduction policies, and is segregated from district-level planning.
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Keywords
Artisanal and small-scale mining, Poverty reduction, Gold, Diamonds, Tanzania
Citation
Fisher, E., Mwaipopo, R., Mutagwaba, W., Nyange, D. and Yaron, G., 2009. “The ladder that sends us to wealth”: Artisanal mining and poverty reduction in Tanzania. Resources Policy, 34(1), pp.32-38.