Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining as a challenge and possible contributor to Sustainable Development

Zvarivadza, T.

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.01.009

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“…A similar study of Sosy (2013) concluded that the main economic challenges among local artisanal miners in Simanjiro district in Tanzania include lack of formal markets, lack of credit and poor technology. Zvarivadza (2014) in South Africa found that the main local economic challenges for gold Artisanal and Small-scale Similar conclusions were also made by Barreto, Echavarria, and Ruete (2018) in Karamoja district in Uganda for the gold ASM sector.…”

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Sustainable Local Economic Development in Tanzania: Exploring Economic Challenges in Growing the Economy

Bishagazi

2021

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The failure of macro-economic policies to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Tanzania has provoked a deep questioning of the relevance of economic growth center policies in Local Economic Development (LED). The government and development partners are increasingly shifting from the traditional top down approaches to the all-inclusive bottom up approaches for effective local development. The concept of sustainable Local Economic Development is thus examined in the context of economic activities and challenges using a case study of Shinyanga region in Tanzania.

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Sustainable Local Economic Development in Tanzania: Exploring Economic Challenges in Growing the Economy

Bishagazi

2021

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“…The SMEs took the centre stage and their value was stated by Wang, (2016) who pointed out that in developing countries such as in Zimbabwe, SMEs are important for driving the growth and economic development. This view was shared by Zvarivadza (2016) who states that most SMEs are born out of the people or groups of people with the visions to operate and run prosperous businesses (Zvarivadza, 2018). The implementation of the indigenous policies produced some notable results as reported by the Fin Scope Survey (2012) as sited by Majoni (2016) that in Zimbabwe the SMEs sector contributes over 60% to the country's GDP and employs about 5.8 million people.…”

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Zimbabwe’s Indigenous SME policy Framework, a tool for black empowerment

Musabayana

Mutambara

2020

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Small to Medium Enterprise (SMEs) play a pivotal role in growing the economy as well as alleviating poverty across the marginalised citizens, especially in an economy such has Zimbabwe, which has experienced indiscriminate closure of large corporates to advance the indigenisation thrust of the government. In response to the closure of large corporates, Zimbabwe focused on SMEs as an alternative to close the gap. The Zimbabwe Industrial Development Policy (IDP) and the Indigenisation and Empowerment Policy (IEP) were put in place as the vehicles of economic transformation. This article analyses the impact of these two policies on the performance Zimbabwean SMEs. The article contributes knowledge on how African governments respond to economic crisis through the policies that they enact targeting the enterprises of the local citizens. Methodologically, the study critically analyses the literature on SME policies and performance in Zimbabwe. The article drew insights from both the IDP and IEP as well as form findings from other secondary studies.

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“…The SMEs took the centre stage and their value was stated by Wang, (2016) who pointed out that in developing countries such as in Zimbabwe, SMEs are important for driving the growth and economic development. This view was shared by Zvarivadza (2016) who states that most SMEs are born out of the people or groups of people with the visions to operate and run prosperous businesses (Zvarivadza, 2018). The implementation of the indigenous policies produced some notable results as reported by the Fin Scope Survey (2012) as sited by Majoni (2016) The indigenous policies were regarded by the government as a best tool to empower the black people in order for them to participate in the economy of the country and eventually control the economy but they currently face a host of challenges.…”

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Zimbabwe’s Indigenous SME policy Framework, a tool for black empowerment

Musabayana

Mutambara

2020

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Zimbabwe embarked on the policy to empower its local people through enacting into law a policy that targeted the empowerment of its citizens. The ‘Indigenisation and Empowerment Act’ (IEP) of Zimbabwe was made into law when the state President, Robert Mugabe signed the Act on March 7, 2008. It is stated in the (IEP) that the foreign-owned companies should offer at least 51 percent of their shares to indigenous Zimbabweans, and also provide for the creation of an empowerment fund to finance the acquisition of working capital, shares, and other forms of finance for indigenous people. The indigenisation process mainly focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as the key drivers of the new economic dispensation hence their performance is of great significance to this cause. This development was viewed by the citizens as the best strategy to implement in order to empower the nation to participate in the economic development of the country. Methodologically, the study critically analysed the literature of indigenization policies that were applied by some regions of the world and how they impacted on the disadvantaged groups. The researcher went on to analyse the Zimbabwean indigenous policies and how they impacted the SMEs and drew insights from the findings of other researchers.

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining as a challenge and possible contributor to Sustainable Development

Cited by 71 publications

References 9 publications

Sustainable Local Economic Development in Tanzania: Exploring Economic Challenges in Growing the Economy

Sustainable Local Economic Development in Tanzania: Exploring Economic Challenges in Growing the Economy

Zimbabwe’s Indigenous SME policy Framework, a tool for black empowerment

Zimbabwe’s Indigenous SME policy Framework, a tool for black empowerment

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