Small-scale gold miners’ preferences on formalization: first steps toward sustainable supply chains in Colombia

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Key Messages

  • Artisanal and small-scale gold miners in remote areas of Colombia are willing to try formalization (obtaining a legal title to extract gold). However, they perceive costs can hinder the adoption of this formalization
  • Bundles of preferences about benefits and costs of formalization are not uniform across commodities and depend upon previous experience with formalization and the strength of social capital formation.
  • Gender seems to play an effect on preferences, but this impact is not consistent across the communities studied
Gender, Policy Design, Waste