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Child Labour in African Artisanal Mining Communities: Experiences from Northern Ghana

Hilson, Gavin·2010·Development and Change
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01646.x
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The issue of child labour in the artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) economy is attracting significant attention worldwide. This article critically examines this ‘problem’ in the context of sub‐Saharan Africa, where a lack of formal sector employment opportunities and/or the need to provide financial support to their impoverished families has led tens of thousands of children to take up work in this industry. The article begins by engaging with the main debates on child labour in an attempt to explain why young boys and girls elect to pursue arduous work in ASM camps across the region. The remainder of the article uses the Ghana experience to further articulate the challenges associated with eradicating child labour at ASM camps, drawing upon recent fieldwork undertaken in Talensi‐Nabdam District, Upper East Region. Overall, the issue of child labour in African ASM communities has been diagnosed far too superficially, and until donor agencies and host governments fully come to grips with the underlying causes of the poverty responsible for its existence, it will continue to burgeon.

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  1. Awumbila M.andD.Tsikata(2007) ‘Migration Dynamics and Small Scale Gold Mining in North‐eastern Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods.Paper presented at the Fifth African Population Conference Union for African Population Studies Arusha (10–14 December)
  2. Ljunggren I.(2007) ‘Weaving a Way Out of Poverty? Basket Weaving as a Poverty Reduction Strategy among Rural Female Poor in Bolgatanga Northern Ghana’.Masters Thesis International Development Studies Roskilde University Centre Denmark .
  3. MMSD, 2002, Breaking New Ground
  4. UNDP, 2007, Human Development Report 2007/2008
  5. UNICEF, 2005, End Child Exploitation: Child Labour Today

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Authors
Hilson, G.
Affiliations
University of Reading (GB)
Corresponding author
Hilson, Gavin
ORCID
Hilson, Gavin
Venue
Development and Change
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-05
Volume
41
Issue
3
Pages
445-473
ISSN
  • 0012-155X (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-7660
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01646.x
OpenAlex
W2138599439
Cited by
153
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
20.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 55 d)
Locations
  • Development and Change (publishedVersion)
  • Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Mining and Resource Management
  • Social Sciences › Development › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Education and Labor Relations
Keywords
child labor, artisanal and small-scale mining, mining camps, poverty, causes of child labor, Northern Ghana, sub-Saharan Africa

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