Extractive industries and poverty: A review of recent findings and linkage mechanisms. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gamu, Jonathan; Le Billon, Philippe; Spiegel, Samuel
• Is Part Of: Extractive industries and society. Volume 2:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 162
• Page End: 176
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Mineral industries -- Periodicals; Gas industry -- Periodicals; Petroleum industry and trade -- Periodicals; 338.205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.11.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2214-790X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">We review 52 empirical studies of possible linkages between extractive industries and poverty.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">We find studies of industrial mining more frequently associated with poverty exacerbation, and artisanal mining with poverty reduction.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">We find scales of analysis to matter, with cross-national and sub-national studies often overlooking artisanal mining and the multiple dimensions of poverty.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">We discuss thirteen specific arguments linking extractive industries and poverty articulated in these studies.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">We suggest opportunities for more context-driven and systematic mixed-methods research on extractive industries and poverty.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>