Lawson, Elaine; Bentil, Gloria - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 16 (2014) 1, pp. 217-238
The contribution of mining to the Ghanaian economy has been substantial. The mining sector is currently a major foreign … these impacts. Often, new mining exploration takes place on land that provides land-based livelihood to many rural people …. Ironically, compensation payments seem to worsen poverty in the mining communities and bring about the social conflicts. Hence …
