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Making concessions: extractive enclaves, entangled capitalism and regulative pluralism at the gold mining frontier in Burkina Faso

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2018
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Côte, M., & Korf, B. (2018). Making concessions: extractive enclaves, entangled capitalism and regulative pluralism at the gold mining frontier in Burkina Faso. World Development, 101, 466–476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.11.002

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This paper studies the regulation of concessions in the global gold mining rush. The liberalization of the gold mining sector has given way to complex forms of regulation where non-state and illegal mining entrepreneurs compete in governing mining extraction. Taking the case of gold mining in Burkina Faso, this paper analyses the conditions and dynamics under which such complex regulation takes place. We draw on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Northern Burkina Faso, in particular the Burkinabè mining sector. We argue tha

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  • Côte, Muriel
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  • Korf, Benedikt
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101

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466

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476

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Geography, Planning and Development, Economics and Econometrics, Development, Sociology and Political Science

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English

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2018-01-01

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2018-10-26

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0305-750X

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Côte, M., & Korf, B. (2018). Making concessions: extractive enclaves, entangled capitalism and regulative pluralism at the gold mining frontier in Burkina Faso. World Development, 101, 466–476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.11.002

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