This study examines the effects of mining productivity shocks on the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and … services. Using firm census data from 2014 for Ghana, we measure the rates of informality along extensive (unregistered firms … informality along both margins across sectors following mining shocks are heterogeneous. We also find that the lack of duality …

This paper examines irregular South-South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it has played in transforming … migrants into the small-scale gold mining sector. They were mainly from Shanglin County, an area of alluvial gold mining. In … Ghana, they formed mutually beneficial relationships with local miners, both legal and illegal, introducing machinery that …

major development challenge. In Ghana the mining communities have been at the receiving end for some time now. This study on … that AngloGold Ashanti, a mining giant in Ghana, the major employer, has limited job openings especially for menial workers …Ghana, like the rest of West Africa is experiencing tremendous human migration both internally and across international …

' exposure to mining pollution using data obtained on gold mining in Ghana. The empirical results confirm that, after controlling …To attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in … sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental …

gas mainly from the Indian Ocean. The mining boom after 1999, provided the authorities with significant lessons and …