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Government's ban on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, youth livelihoods and imagined futures in Ghana
Resources Policy Pub Date : 2021-02-13 , DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102008
Lydia Osei , Thomas Yeboah , Emmanuel Kumi , Ernestina Fredua Antoh

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) represents a vibrant sector that provides direct employment and income to many people particularly the youth. In Ghana, concerns about ASM related environmental challenges led the Ghana Media Coalition Against Galamsey to start the #StopGalamseyNow Campaign. This resulted in enormous pressure on the government to impose a ban on ASM in 2017. Drawing on data from interviews conducted with fifty-eight ASM workers in two mining districts in Ghana, this paper examines the effects of the ban on the livelihoods and imagined futures of young miners who were previously engaged in the sector and the ways they navigate their uncertain futures. What emerges strongly from our interviews with young people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences is that, while ASM is a key sector that allows young people to build their livelihoods (earn income, accumulate assets), the ban has fundamentally re-structured the landscape of opportunities, leading to both social and economic consequences for young people. The ban had meant that young people could not imagine a future of new beginnings and possibilities for improved life chances including continuing to accumulate asset, invest in residential plots and buildings, or finance the cost of migration of children abroad. Mobility and exploitation of 'near and distant opportunity spaces' through the support of social relations enable young people cope with hardships brought by the ban. These findings have important implications for policies seeking to promote youth employment in Africa.



中文翻译:

政府禁止加纳的手工和小规模采矿,青年生计和想象的未来

手工和小规模采矿(ASM)代表着一个生机勃勃的部门,可为许多人特别是年轻人提供直接就业和收入。在加纳,对与ASM相关的环境挑战的担忧导致加纳反对加拉姆齐媒体联盟发起了#StopGalamseyNow运动。这给政府施加了巨大压力,要求其在2017年禁止ASM。根据对加纳两个采矿区的58名ASM工人进行采访的数据,本文研究了该禁令对生计和设想的未来的影响以前从事该行业的年轻矿工以及他们如何应对不确定的未来。我们采访来自不​​同背景和经验的年轻人的强烈印象是,虽然ASM是允许年轻人建立生计(收入,积累资产)的关键部门,但该禁令从根本上改变了机遇的格局,给年轻人带来了社会和经济后果。这项禁令意味着,年轻人无法想象新起点的未来,也无法想象改善生活机会的可能性,包括继续积累资产,投资于住宅区和建筑物,或为儿童迁出国外的费用提供资金。通过社会关系的支持,流动性和对“近距离机会空间”的利用使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。这项禁令从根本上改变了机会的格局,给年轻人带来了社会和经济后果。这项禁令意味着,年轻人无法想象新起点的未来,也无法想象改善生活机会的可能性,包括继续积累资产,投资于住宅区和建筑物,或为儿童迁出国外的费用提供资金。通过社会关系的支持,流动性和对“近距离机会空间”的利用使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。这项禁令从根本上改变了机遇的格局,给年轻人带来了社会和经济后果。这项禁令意味着,年轻人无法想象新起点的未来,也无法想象改善生活机会的可能性,包括继续积累资产,投资于住宅区和建筑物,或为儿童迁出国外的费用提供资金。通过社会关系的支持,流动性和对“近距离机会空间”的利用使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。这项禁令意味着,年轻人无法想象新起点的未来,也无法想象改善生活机会的可能性,包括继续积累资产,投资于住宅区和建筑物,或为儿童迁出国外的费用提供资金。通过社会关系的支持,流动性和对“近距离机会空间”的利用使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。这项禁令意味着,年轻人无法想象新起点的未来,也无法想象改善生活机会的可能性,包括继续积累资产,投资于住宅区和建筑物,或为儿童迁出国外的费用提供资金。通过社会关系的支持,流动性和对“近距离机会空间”的利用使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。通过社会关系的支持使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。通过社会关系的支持使年轻人能够应对禁令带来的困难。这些发现对寻求促进非洲青年就业的政策具有重要意义。

更新日期:2021-02-15
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