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Does Large-Scale Go...
Does Large-Scale Gold Mining Reduce Agricultural Growth? Case studies from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali and Tanzania
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- Andersson, Magnus (författare)
- Malmö University,Malmö högskola,Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)
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- Hall, Ola (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Human Geography,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences
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- Boke-Olén, Niklas (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science,Faculty of Science
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- Tolonen, Anja (författare)
- University of Gothenburg
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- The World Bank, 2015
- 2015
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2015 : Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity - Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity. - : The World Bank. ; , s. 1-27
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Abstract
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- We apply a novel analytical framework based on medium resolution satellite data for the period 2001 – 2012 to estimate the effects of gold mining on agricultural production in Ghana, Mali, Tanzania and Burkina Faso. Our analysis finds a strong correlation between official statistics of agricultural production and vegetation index from satellite data at district level in these countries. Agricultural productivity as proxied by greenness index (NDVI) does not decrease in the proximity of large scale gold mines. Our empirical estimations show that economic activity as proxied by night lights, increase in the proximity of mining but the estimates remains statistically insignificant.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Naturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Physical Geography (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Africa
- Mining
- NDVI
- Nighttime light
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