Gabriel Botchwey
Biographic Data
| ID | 113919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabriel Botchwey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabriel |
| FAMILY NAME | Botchwey |
| SIGNATURE | BOTCHWEY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Education, Winneba |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7123-8783 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Small-scale mining, environmental destruction and democracy capture: The Government of Ghana’s failed “war on galamsey
Working with legal small‐scale miners: Implications for development
Development initiatives focused on illegal artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) typically assume that formalisation will address environmental degradation and poverty. But there is little research on legal small‐scale miners' (SSMs) perceptions of their environmental impacts, or on demographic characteristics that should inform development programmes. Based on a survey of 137 legal SSMs, this study analysed the perceptions and practices of lega…
School Selection and Local Food Production in Ghana’s School Feeding Programme
School feeding programmes have been touted to improve school enrolment and physical development of children in poorer communities, but discussions on school selection criteria and linkages to local food production have been very minimal. This article discusses school selection and local food production under Ghana’s feeding programme. Findings show that school selection has been very problematic, motivated largely by political patronage and finan…
Radical political economy and industrialisation in Africa: Roape/Third World Network-Africa Connections workshop, held in Accra, Ghana, 13–14 November 2017
no abstract
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold Rush in Ghana
This article examines irregular South‐South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it played in transforming livelihoods and broader developmental landscapes. It looks at the entry of approximately 50,000 Chinese migrants into the informal small‐scale gold mining sector from 2008‐2013. These migrants mainly hailed from Shanglin County in Guangxi Province. In Ghana, they formed mutually beneficial relationships with local miners, both legal a…
Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining in Ghana
no abstract
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the…
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the…
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold Rush in Ghana
This article examines irregular South‐South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it played in transforming livelihoods and broader developmental landscapes. It looks at the entry of approximately 50,000 Chinese migrants into the informal small‐scale gold mining sector from 2008‐2013. These migrants mainly hailed from Shanglin County in Guangxi Province. In Ghana, they formed mutually beneficial relationships with local miners, both legal a…
Radical political economy and industrialisation in Africa: Roape/Third World Network-Africa Connections workshop, held in Accra, Ghana, 13–14 November 2017
no abstract
Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining in Ghana
no abstract
Small-scale mining, environmental destruction and democracy capture: The Government of Ghana’s failed “war on galamsey
Conflict, collusion and corruption in small-scale gold mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana
As gold prices soared from 2008 onwards, tens of thousands of foreign miners, especially from China, entered the small-scale mining sector in Ghana, despite it being ‘reserved for Ghanaian citizens’ by law. A free-for-all ensued in which Ghanaian and Chinese miners engaged in both contestation and collaboration over access to gold, a situation described as ‘out of control’ and a ‘culture of impunity’. Where was the state? This paper addresses the…
Radical political economy and industrialisation in Africa: Roape/Third World Network-Africa Connections workshop, held in Accra, Ghana, 13–14 November 2017
no abstract
South‐South Irregular Migration: The Impacts of China's Informal Gold Rush in Ghana
This article examines irregular South‐South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it played in transforming livelihoods and broader developmental landscapes. It looks at the entry of approximately 50,000 Chinese migrants into the informal small‐scale gold mining sector from 2008‐2013. These migrants mainly hailed from Shanglin County in Guangxi Province. In Ghana, they formed mutually beneficial relationships with local miners, both legal a…
Resource politics and the impact of Chinese involvement in small-scale mining in Ghana
no abstract
School Selection and Local Food Production in Ghana’s School Feeding Programme
School feeding programmes have been touted to improve school enrolment and physical development of children in poorer communities, but discussions on school selection criteria and linkages to local food production have been very minimal. This article discusses school selection and local food production under Ghana’s feeding programme. Findings show that school selection has been very problematic, motivated largely by political patronage and finan…
Working with legal small‐scale miners: Implications for development
Development initiatives focused on illegal artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) typically assume that formalisation will address environmental degradation and poverty. But there is little research on legal small‐scale miners' (SSMs) perceptions of their environmental impacts, or on demographic characteristics that should inform development programmes. Based on a survey of 137 legal SSMs, this study analysed the perceptions and practices of lega…
Small-scale mining, environmental destruction and democracy capture: The Government of Ghana’s failed “war on galamsey
Political science (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Mining and Resource Management (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Business (3 works)