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Gold mining, conflict, and post-war governmentality in Côte d’Ivoire

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Over the last twenty years, there has been a new gold rush in West African countries along a new resource frontier. The article’s key question is how mining governance reform and discourses around the 2014 Mining Code in Côte d’Ivoire create socio-environmental conflicts over the local development model, property rights and identity politics. The article draws upon direct observation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups with gold panners, mine managers and local village populations, as well as a household survey.

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  • Allouche, Jeremy, 2025. "Gold mining, conflict, and post-war governmentality in Côte d’Ivoire," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 192(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:192:y:2025:i:c:s0305750x25001342
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107049
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