Artisanal Mining and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorMwaipopo, Rosemarie
dc.contributor.authorMutagwaba, Wilson
dc.contributor.authorNyange, David
dc.contributor.authorYaron, Gil
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-11T14:53:07Z
dc.date.available2016-07-11T14:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFisher, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.05.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3077
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectArtisanal and small-scale miningen_US
dc.subjectPoverty reductionen_US
dc.subjectGolden_US
dc.subjectDiamondsen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleArtisanal Mining and Poverty Reduction in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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