PMMA-12783 Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: the Case of BurkinaFaso

Abstract

This paper investigates how the gold boom occurred since 2007 has affected socioeconomic outcomes in Burkina Faso. A reduced theoretical model was developed to show the expected impacts, and that were validated by the empirical analysis. Results suggest that areas hosting a gold extraction have better average living standards in terms of headcount ratios, poverty gaps and household expenditures than their counterparts without gold. However, this can increase inequality and child labor. It therefore raises the growing need of the governmental interventions to reverse such negative impacts. Keywords: Gold mining, Poverty, Inequality, schooling, child labor, Burkina Faso

Members

Project leader: Agnès Zabsonré

Project researchers: Dommèbèiwin Juste Mètoiolè Somé | Irene Haffin | Maxime Agbo

Scientific mentors: Abdelkrim Araar

Journal publication

Authors	Co-Authors	Title of paper	Title of Economic Review	Bibliographic references
Agnès Zabsonré	Maxime Agbo, Juste Somé	Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: The case of Burkina Faso	World Development	Volume 109, September 2018, pp. 206–221

Working Papers

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: The case of Burkina Faso	2017-03-08	2.61MB	0	0

Policy Briefs

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
	Impact de lâ€™exploitation de lâ€™or sur les conditions de vie des populations au Burkina Faso	2016-10-20	434.9KB	0	0

Final report

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2016-09-02	1123.04KB	0	0

Proposal

	Title	Modified	Size	Comments	Recommendations
		2016-04-29	82.04KB	2	1