{"product_id":"9781350606432","title":"Fighting Small-scale Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana A Systems-based Approach","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFighting Small-scale Illegal Gold Mining in Ghana\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Systems-based Approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEbenezer Kwakye Agyemang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Mining\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on two decades of first-hand experience, Ebenezer Kwakye Agyemang offers the first full-length, comprehensive overview of small-scale illegal gold mining in Ghana  in order to suggest new, better-informed ways of addressing the economic and social relations that sustain it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Agyemang shows, this sub-industry has grown into an existential threat to Ghana and other countries in West Africa, contributing to environmental degradation, public ill-health, and institutional corruption. Persistent failures to control it all share a core issue: namely, a lack of understanding of the value chain at its heart, which includes and affects a vast array of actors within and outside the country. In offering a fuller understanding of how this value chain works, Agyemang offers new ways of addressing it, including securitizing the sub-sector, banning certain machinery, and re-classifying it as organised criminal activity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor its original, in-depth coverage and novel solutions, this book is a must-read for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers interested in sustainable development, risk and development, and environmental protection and research management in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEbenezer Kwakye Agyemang\u003c\/b\u003e is part of the senior directing staff at the National College of Defence Studies, Ghana, and is affiliated with numerous groups around leadership, peacekeeping, risk and resilience, and mining intelligence and investigations. Agyemang is a retired military officer with over two decades of experience fighting Ghana's illegal mining industry.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350606432\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223599906956,"sku":"9781350606432","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_fe00854a-57fc-45ac-99fe-aaa7ea423ae8.jpg?v=1783078510","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350606432","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}