Minería del platino y el oro en Chocó: pobreza, riqueza natural e informalidad (Platinum and Gold Mining in Chocó: Poverty, Natural Wealth and Informality)

Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 22, No. 42, 2020

28 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2019

See all articles by Juan Sebastián Lara-Rodíguez

Juan Sebastián Lara-Rodíguez

University of Lisbon

André Tosi Furtado

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Aleix Altimiras-Martin

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: November 20, 2019

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: En el departamento de Chocó, Colombia, está la principal extracción aluvial de metal del platino en América Latina teniendo al oro como metal asociado. Dichos metales son explotados por organizaciones artesanales e informales de pequeña es-cala. Este ensayo examina el desarrollo sostenible de la minería en Chocó, para ello, cataloga sus dimensiones como unidades de análisis: En la ‘social’ evidencia pobreza generalizada. En la ‘ambiental’, determina mega-diversidad dañada y en riesgo. Y en la ‘económica’, dilucida dependencia a la minería informal e ilegalidad. Así, se argumenta que “La informalidad económica impide el desarrollo sostenible de la minería del platino y el oro”, y se discuten los elementos para su transformación.

English Abstract: The Department of Chocó, Colombia, has the largest platinum alluvial extraction in Latin America, with gold as an associate metal. Such materials are ex-tracted by informal artisanal and small-scale mining organizations. This text aims to examine the sustainable development of Chocó’s mining, and takes the Department’s dimensions as analytical units: The ‘social’ dimension shows how poverty is exacer-bated. The ‘environmental’ dimension determines harms and risks in a megadiverse area, and the economic dimension ‘economy’ explains the dependency of informal mining and illegal activities. Thus, we argue, “The economic informality precludes the sustainable development of platinum and gold mining”. Finally, we discuss insights for transformation change.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Colombia, Chocó, sustainable development, artisanal and small-scale mining, informal economy

JEL Classification: Q01, O30, L72

Suggested Citation

Lara-Rodíguez, Juan Sebastián and Tosi Furtado, André and Altimiras-Martin, Aleix, Minería del platino y el oro en Chocó: pobreza, riqueza natural e informalidad (Platinum and Gold Mining in Chocó: Poverty, Natural Wealth and Informality) (November 20, 2019). Revista de Economía Institucional, Vol. 22, No. 42, 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3495556

Juan Sebastián Lara-Rodíguez

University of Lisbon ( email )

R. Branca Edmée Marques
Dept. Plant Biology
Lisboa, 1600-276
Portugal

André Tosi Furtado

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Aleix Altimiras-Martin (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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