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The ASGM sector in Africa – A child of misery and desperation?

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  • Roman Grynberg
  • Vijayakumar Kandaswamy
  • Fwasa Singogo

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This paper considers the factors affecting the growth of one of the fastest growing export sectors in Africa – gold from the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. The artisanal gold mining sector was largely illegal in most African countries until the 1990s and has grown from virtually nothing to exports of at least 446 tonnes of gold worth approximately US$17.94 billion to Dubai in 2016, with some 10 million Africans working in these often hazardous mines, up from approximately 1.8 million in 1999. The study investigates the pull and push factors affecting the sector using different quantitative estimates of the size of the sector.

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  • Roman Grynberg & Vijayakumar Kandaswamy & Fwasa Singogo, 2022. "The ASGM sector in Africa – A child of misery and desperation?," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(2), pages 151-164, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:39:y:2022:i:2:p:151-164
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1868288
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