Publication: From Informal to Formal – The Political Economy of Extractive Labour in Eastern Congo’s Gold Frontier
From Informal to Formal – The Political Economy of Extractive Labour in Eastern Congo’s Gold Frontier
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Kamundala Byemba, G. (2025). From Informal to Formal – The Political Economy of Extractive Labour in Eastern Congo’s Gold Frontier. (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279961
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This thesis focuses on the gold frontier in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It specifically analyses the political economy of mining property and labour in the province of South Kivu, DRC in the context of the formalization of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). Particularly, it examines how global policies aimed at formalizing ASGM activities “touch the ground” in DRC, and, through Congolese mining legislation, have informed state and non-state interventions that significantly reconfigure local gold extracti
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Kamundala Byemba, G. (2025). From Informal to Formal – The Political Economy of Extractive Labour in Eastern Congo’s Gold Frontier. (Dissertation, University of Zurich) https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-279961
