Strengthening artisanal mining research and policy through baseline census activities

摘要: Over the past 10-15 years, several governments have implemented an array of technology, support-related, sustainable livelihoods (SL) and poverty-reduction projects for artisanal small-scale mining (ASM). In majority cases, however, these interventions failed to facilitate improvements in industry's productivity raise living standards sector's subsistence operators. This article argues that a poor understanding demographics target populations has precipitated outcomes. order strengthen policy assistance sector, must determine, with greater precision, number people operating ASM regions, their origins ethnic backgrounds, ages, educational levels. can be achieved by carrying out basic localized census work before promoting ambitious sector-specific aimed at improving working conditions industry.