Artisanal mining policy reforms, informality and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals in Sierra Leone

Maconachie, Roy; Conteh, Felix Marco

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2020.10.011

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“…Considering the analysis of the intellectual structure through three scientific maps, the study of the co-occurrence of author keywords (Figure 6) made it possible to define, through clusters, four research areas of ASM. Within these areas, "Social conditioning factors of the ASM" and "Mercury contamination and its implication in health and environment" are the most studied topics (e.g., [34,192,209,218,240,252]). On the other hand, it is essential to highlight that cluster 2 ("ASM environmental impacts") and cluster 3 ("Mercury contamination and its implication in health and environment") are strongly related (Figure 6), with studies focused on the impacts of ASM on the environment (e.g., [249,251,258,309]) and health (e.g., [261,263,265]).…”

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“…Given this situation, research developed to establish strategies in ASM that allow for achieving sustainable development [234] through an analysis of social, political, economic, environmental, and health aspects [235][236][237]. Some examples of this type of action are: (i) the implementation of design thinking and multi-criteria decision analysis of ASM [238], (ii) national minerals policies and stakeholder participation in planning decisions [239], (iii) collaboration between the LSM and ASM, for the benefit of the communities [240], and (iv) integration of scientific and local knowledge in the planning of the remediation of contamination by ASM [214,241]. The social conditioning factors of ASM represent one of the research areas aimed at understanding how poverty drives the development of this type of activity as a subsistence alternative, which entails informality [189], conflict [185,186], child labour [226], and women's labour [227].…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Research on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Morante-Carballo

Montalván-Burbano²,

Aguilar³

et al. 2022

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Mineral resource exploitation is one of the activities that contribute to economic growth and the development of society. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of these activities. Unfortunately, there is no clear consensus to define ASM. However, its importance is relevant in that it represents, in some cases, the only employment alternative for millions of people, although it also significantly impacts the environment. This work aims to investigate the scientific information related to ASM through a bibliometric analysis and, in addition, to define the new lines that are tending to this field. The study comprises three phases of work: (i) data collection, (ii) data processing and software selection, and (iii) data interpretation. The results reflect that the study on ASM developed intensively from 2010 to the present. In general terms, the research addressed focuses on four interrelated lines: (i) social conditioning factors of ASM, (ii) environmental impacts generated by ASM, (iii) mercury contamination and its implication on health and the environment, and (iv) ASM as a livelihood. The work also defines that geotourism in artisanal mining areas is a significant trend of the last decade, explicitly focusing on the conservation and use of the geological and mining heritage and, in addition, the promotion of sustainable development of ASM.

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Research on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Morante-Carballo

Montalván-Burbano²,

Aguilar³

et al. 2022

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“…Village rules influence farmers’ cleaner production behavior mainly through ideological orientation, disciplinary supervision, transmission, and internalization [ 42 , 44 , 45 , 46 ].…”

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“…They may be implemented by some specific people or by public opinion and some subtle psychological mechanism [ 39 ]. Therefore, in addition to the formal environmental regulations, some scholars have recently tried to explore the impact on environmental governance based on some village rules, such as media reports, traditional culture, public pressure, and ethics [ 40 , 41 , 42 ]. Gray et al [ 43 ] and Huang et al [ 44 ] pointed out that ethics and external public pressure had a positive impact on farmers’ cleaner production behavior.…”

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The Impact of Village Rules and Formal Environmental Regulations on Farmers’ Cleaner Production Behavior: New Evidence from China

Liu

2021

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Village rules and formal environmental regulations are of great significance for standardizing farmers’ cleaner production behavior, promoting green transformation of agriculture and realizing sustainable development of agriculture. Based on the survey data of 946 farmers in five provinces of China, taking seed coating technology, soil testing and formulated fertilization technology, subsoiling tillage technology, green technology for pest and disease control and straw returning technology as examples, this article empirically analyzes the impact of village rules and formal environmental regulations on farmers’ cleaner production behavior by using the multivariate probit model. When formal environmental regulations are relatively lacking or weak, village rules can be used as a useful supplement to formal environmental regulations to promote farmers’ participation in cleaner production. Based on this, this article argues that the important reason for formal environmental regulations falling into relative system failure is that village rules have not been paid enough attention in promoting farmers’ cleaner production behavior. In the future, we should not only continue to strengthen the role of formal environmental regulations in farmers’ cleaner production, but also cultivate the informal institution represented by the village rules, and build the regulatory system of mutual support between informal institution and formal institution.

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“…The researchers argue that the sector has negative implications (Mpapale, 2014;Kristoffersen, 2011;Maconachie & Conteh, 2021). The general opinion according to Banik (2011) is that the existence of an informal economy hampers the development of countries.…”

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An Evil to be Extinguished or a Resource to be harnessed-Informal Sector in Developing Countries: A Case of Zimbabwe

Mpofu¹,

Moyo²

2021

JEBS

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The informal sector remains a permanent feature of all economies. It is a more pronounced component of developing country economies where it is an integral part. Literature on economic development offers diverging viewpoints on the sector’s contribution to economic growth. On the one hand, researchers view the sector with positivity as a resource to be harnessed, capable of growth and innovation and on the other hand with negativity as a pure survivalist strategy and a stumbling block to effective policy formulation and economic development. Therefore as an inconvenience to be extinguished. The ambivalent view is further compounded by the sector’s paltry contribution to national tax revenues and as such, the IS has remained unappreciated and largely on the peripheral of economic reviews and policy responsiveness. The former view suggests that the latter is a misconception and narrow recognition of the sector as merely survivalist and contributing negligibly to employment creation and poverty alleviation efforts. Failure to recognize a coexistence of both street traders and firms with potential for growth, improved productivity and innovation, has consequently resulted in misguided policies. Policymakers pay little or no attention to the potential of informal sector firms, the challenges they face, the vulnerability they are exposed to and the appropriate support they require. This gap motivates this paper, as it seeks to explore the role played by the IS in developing countries with a special focus on Zimbabwe. The study employs a mixed-method research design. The research established that the sector remains unequivocally a major source of employment for many developing countries. It also established that a single-minded focus on formalizing the sector, linked to registration for tax purposes, ignores the other arm to the equation that is the creation of job opportunities, hospitable working conditions, improved productivity and increased profits which are possible with adequate policy support. The research recommends improved policy research and support which is development focused to aid informal firms to grow and be independent institutionally and financially from their owners as well as skills capacitation to improve operational and financial management.

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Artisanal mining policy reforms, informality and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals in Sierra Leone

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Research on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

A Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Research on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

The Impact of Village Rules and Formal Environmental Regulations on Farmers’ Cleaner Production Behavior: New Evidence from China

An Evil to be Extinguished or a Resource to be harnessed-Informal Sector in Developing Countries: A Case of Zimbabwe

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