Artisanal gold mining’s impact on local livelihoods and the mining industry in Ivory Coast, Kouame Kouame, Fuxing Jiang and Zhu Sitao
Kouame Joseph Arthur Kouame, Fuxing Jiang, Zhu Sitao School of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing China Email: josepharthurkk.ustb@yahoo.com DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-09-2016-0056 Purpose: In rural regions, mining is an activity that employs many people due to the fact that the barriers to entry are sometimes trivial, with very low technology, capital fund, and no specialized skills […]