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Small‐scale Mining and Development: The Case of Gold Mining in Papua New Guinea
Author(s) -
STEWART D. F.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1987.tb00311.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , gold mining , scale (ratio) , rural development , rural area , geography , environmental planning , economic growth , development economics , political science , history , economics , archaeology , cartography , ethnology , agriculture , law , chemistry
This paper summarizes the present status of small‐scale gold mining in Papua New Guinea and examines the extent to which it contributes to meeting the nation's development goals. It concludes that small‐scale mining makes a valuable contribution as a rural development activity, and points to aspects which should receive attention in any developing country seeking to obtain the maximum benefit from such activity.