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标题：Is gold mining a bane or a blessing in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana
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作者：Divine Odame Appiah ; Juliet Nana Buaben
期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：3
页码：1033-1048
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Mining is one of the controversial industries, all over the world, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries. This is because the industry is fraught with lots of institutional and socio-economic contradictions, which is characterized by large multi-national companies. Mining in Ghana's western region, where gold is mainly exploited, presents different situations with greater expectations for community development.In all, a total of 102 household questionnaires and key informant interviews were administered and conducted in the three selected communities respectively. In Ghana, host communities to multinational companies hav e lived on their edges, typified by abject poverty, state of despondency and sometimes, productive resources dispossession. These, the study found out to be contrary to what should be expected from the assertion of gold mining; which connotes wealth creation and development. Using a qualitative and quantitative research design in three s elected communities: Tarkwa, Damang and Prestea in the Western region of Ghana, we examine these paradoxes in the context of the relationships between mining companies and the socio-economic implications of livelihoods and survival of these communities.
关键词：Mining; Community development; Livelihood; Tarkwa; Ghana