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dc.contributor.authorAntwi-Boateng, O.-
dc.contributor.authorAkudugu, M. A.-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-23T13:49:45Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-23T13:49:45Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.issn17471346-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2765-
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their involvement. This is accomplished via mixed qualitative techniques involving interviews with illegal small-scale Chinese and Ghanaian miners, and relevant Ghanaian stakeholders. Although the majority of Chinese interests in African mining is state sponsored, the Ghana case demonstrates private Chinese agency that is mostly attracted to illegal small-scale mining in Ghana due to push factors in the homeland and pull factors associated with Ghanaian state weakness. The Chinese dominate the supply chain of illegal small-scale mining with their financial, technical, managerial acumen, the sale and transfer of gold proceeds, and political patronage. This dominance accounts for the massive negative social, economic, environmental, and political impact of illegal small-scale mining in the country. Amid state weakness, Ghanaian civil society, exercising agency, remains a potent force against the phenomenon.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPolicy Studies Organizationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 48;Issue 1-
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectResource Managementen_US
dc.subjectChina-Africa Relationsen_US
dc.subjectChineseen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectSmall-Scale Miningen_US
dc.subjectState Weaknessen_US
dc.subjectSinoAfricaen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectCivil-Societyen_US
dc.subject“Galamsey”en_US
dc.subjectResource Curseen_US
dc.titleGOLDEN MIGRANTS: THE RISE AND IMPACT OF ILLEGAL CHINESE SMALL-SCALE MINING IN GHANAen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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