Gold price volatility, tax revenue, and employment: can Burkina Faso's adaptation strategy avoid the natural resource curse?

DC Sisso, O Beaumais - Environment and Development Economics, 2018 - cambridge.org
Since 2007, Burkina Faso's mining sector has grown quickly, with gold replacing cotton as
the country's biggest export. The decline in gold prices since 2012, however, has hit the …