We used a systematic review to investigate research methods and participants in studies on
the socio-economic impacts of mining in Africa. We identified 170 peer-reviewed articles …

There are many scenarios that can develop when the large and small-scale mining sectors
form an interface. This paper focuses on the complexities of large-scale and artisanal and …

The discovery of valuable minerals in the mineral-abundant eastern Democratic Republic of
the Congo can stimulate extensive migration into remote areas of the Congo Basin …

Abstract In South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the use of
new technologies in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has proliferated over the …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is acknowledged to provide incomes to tens of
millions of individuals around the world, yet systematic data on miners' earnings are lacking …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important livelihood activity for millions of
people across the globe. Often, small-scale miners operate in, or adjacent to large-scale …

The analytical framework deployed by the extensive global value chain (GVC) literature on
African mining fails to consider how and from whom value is transferred within the process of …

Many scholars have documented mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining as
well as its harmful effects on the environment and human health. In spite of this …

Existing research suggests a strong link between mining and local conflict but makes no
distinction between artisanal and industrial mining. We exploit variation in mineral prices …

To date, the expansive social science literature on artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM)
in Africa has received little attention from scholars of agrarian political economy. This paper …