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Project

The Political Economy of River Sand Mining in South Asia: A Commodity Chain Approach

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD2923

Duration

01 November 2023 → 31 July 2024

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Bert Suykens

Fellow

Saumya Pandey

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Development studies
- Political economy
- Security, peace and conflict
- Economic geography
- Anthropology of economy and development

Keywords

Extraction India Sand Mafia system River Development Nepal

Project description

Sand is the world’s second most consumed resource after water and is increasingly becoming scarce. This research is looking at formal and informal forms of governance and livelihood practices of sand mining in the Nepal-India transboundary rivers. These rivers have been particularly affected by sand extraction and it is already highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

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