The Just Gold Project: Lessons for the Future of Artisanal Gold in Democratic Republic of Congo
March 2021
The Intermediaries: Traders Who Threaten the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Efforts for Conflict-Free Gold
September 2020
A Golden Web: How India Became One of the World’s Largest Gold Smuggling Hubs
November 2019
Gender and Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Central and East Africa: Barriers and Benefits
July 2019
A working paper produced on key findings of research into women and artisanal mining in the Great Lakes region, by Partnership Africa Canada, Carleton University, and Development Research and Policy Analysis Center for the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program.
The West African El Dorado: Mapping the Illicit Trade of Gold in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso
January 2017
Partnership Africa Canada investigates challenges in the governance of artisanal gold mining in the three countries—and the vulnerabilities posed by the illicit trade of gold on the region.
From Conflict to Illicit: Mapping the Diamond Trade from Central African Republic to Cameroon
December 2016
Contraband Gold in the Great Lakes Region: In-region Cross-border Gold Flows Versus Out-region Smuggling
May 2015
This report analyzes the artisanal gold flows within and out of the Great Lakes Region with the perspective of promoting responsible supply chain management in the context of the ICGLR Regional Initiative on Natural Resources and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
Women in the Artisanal Gold Mining Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo
November 2014
Key findings from field research aimed at understanding the roles women play in artisanal gold mining in Democratic Republic of Congo. The research seeks to identify how the informal nature of the gold trade amplifies women’s vulnerabilities, as well as how the introductions of formalization and certification mechanisms could either present new opportunities or further contribute to their marginalization.
All That Glitters is Not Gold: Dubai, Congo, and the Illicit Trade of Conflict Minerals
May 2014
Reap What You Sow: Greed and Corruption in Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamond Fields
November 2012
Taming the Resource Curse: Implementing the ICGLR Certification Mechanism for Conflict-prone Minerals
March 2011
Diamonds Without Borders: An Assessment of the Challenges of Implementing and Enforcing the KP Certification Scheme
November 2010
Diamonds and Clubs: The Militarized Control of Diamonds and Power in Zimbabwe
June 2010
Paddles for Kimberley: An Agenda for Reform
June 2010
Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the Wrong Side of History
March 2009
Loupe Holes: Illicit Diamonds in the Kimberley Process
November 2008
Land Grabbing and Land Reform: Diamonds, Rubber and Forests in the New Liberia
July 2007
The Lost World: Diamond Mining and Smuggling in Venezuela
November 2006
Killing Kimberley? Conflict Diamonds and Paper Tigers
November 2006
Triple Jeopardy - Triplicate Forms and Triple Borders: Controlling Diamond Exports from Guyana
April 2006
Fugitives and Phantoms: The Diamond Exporters of Brazil
March 2006
Implementing the Kimberley Process: 5 years how effective is the Kimberley Process and what more needs to be done?
June 2005
The Failure of Good Intentions
May 2005
Why Gender Still Matters: Sexual violence and the need to confront militarized masculinity
December 2004
Rich Man, Poor Man – Development Diamonds and Poverty Diamonds: The Potential for Change in the Artisanal Alluvial Diamond Fields of Africa
October 2004
The Key to Kimberley: Internal Diamond Controls - Seven Case Studies
October 2004
Diamonds Without Maps: Liberia, the UN, Sanctions and the Kimberley Process
June 2004
Motherhood, Apple Pie and False Teeth: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Diamond Industry
June 2003
West Africa: Rocks in a Hard Place. The Political Economy of Diamonds and Regional Destabilization
May 2003
Diamonds in the Central African Republic: Trading, Valuing and Laundering
January 2003
No Problems Here: Success, Complacency and Suspicion in the Indian Diamond Industry
December 2002
War and Peace in Sierra Leone: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
November 2002
The Kimberley Process: The Case for Proper Monitoring
September 2002
Hard Currency: The Criminalized Diamond Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its Neighbours
June 2002
Diamonds: Forever or for Good? The Economic Impact of Diamonds in South Africa
March 2002
The report investigates the extent to which diamonds contribute to development in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, countries which have been the most vocal champions of “prosperity diamonds” or “diamonds for development”.