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Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa West district, Ghana

dc.contributor.authorYankson, Paul W K*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T10:03:57Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T10:03:57Zen
dc.date.issued2010-05-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614521003709965en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/131105en
dc.descriptionDespite a boom in gold mining in Ghana's Wassa West district (WWD), unemployment and poverty have deepened, partly due to loss of farmland to surface mining but more so because of the limited opportunities for wage employment in the district's 'revived' gold-mining industry. However, the large-scale mining companies are implementing some alternative livelihood programmes (ALPs) as part of their corporate social-responsibility (CSR) agenda. While the ALPs have provided some employment and income-earning opportunities and skills training, the prospects for their sustainability depend on how the challenges confronting the various programmes are addressed. This will require a well-coordinated approach involving all the key stakeholders.en
dc.format.extent13en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/gold-mining-and-corporate-social-responsibility-in-the-wassa-west-district-ghan-131105
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectFood and livelihoods
dc.titleGold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa West district, Ghanaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryGhanaen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordLivelihoods
prism.number3en
prism.volume20en
dc.year.issuedate2010en


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