Market and profitability factors for artisanally quarried stone: potential constraints to environmental and operational improvements?: a report for DFID/ITDG. (ADD028).
Abstract
This paper assesses the extent to which the implementation of environmental improvements and better operating practices within the Kenyan small-scale quarrying industry are constrained by the way in which the market for the artisanally produced stone operates. As its main example, the paper relates to the situation in the region surrounding Nairobi, Kenya.
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