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MAKING THE POOR ‘POORER’ OR ALLEVIATING POVERTY? ARTISANAL MINING LIVELIHOODS IN RURAL MALAWI
Author(s) -
Kamlongera Paul Justice
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1836
Subject(s) - subsistence agriculture , livelihood , poverty , agriculture , rural poverty , poverty reduction , economic growth , scale (ratio) , business , development economics , socioeconomics , economics , geography , cartography , archaeology
Abstract This article critically assesses the economic impact an emerging artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) sector has had in rural Malawi, where it now flourishes alongside smallholder agriculture. It examines the linkages between subsistence agriculture and ASM, sharing perspectives from miners themselves on the contribution of both sectors to their livelihoods. Because of its potential to alleviate poverty in the country, a supported ASM sector must receive greater policy focus in Malawi. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.