Fitsum Weldegiorgis

Senior researcher, Shaping Sustainable Markets

Fitsum Weldegiorgis is an economist, with research and project interests on sustainable human development effects of economic activities; applying socio-economic theory and modelling to analyse impacts and influence policy and practice reform.

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Expertise

Development economics; socioeconomic impact assessment; economic linkages and diversification; extractive resources governance; mining and resettlement (relocation, livelihood restoration and economic development planning).

Before IIED

Research officer, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Current work

IIED's global dialogue series on artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) to support policy and practice reform through a more inclusive and solution-focussd process; applied research on improving socio-economic impact of economic sectors, particularly the extractive sector.

Fitsum Weldegiorgis's projects

Pits at Bekily sapphire mine in Toliara are on average 18 meters deep (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)

Improving governance in Madagascar's artisanal and small-scale mining sector from the ground up

Project, Mar 2017

IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)

'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania

Project, Jan 2017

Working in shifts, an artisanal and small-scale miner in the Western region of Ghana relaxes at the top of a 15m mine shaft reinforced with a wooden 'cage' after several hours of digging (Photo: James McQuilken (@James_McQuilken/j.mcquilken@surrey.ac.uk))

Ghana: on our way to participatory reform in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector

Project, Jul 2016

Employees work deep within a tunnel at the Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village in Geita District, Tanzania in March 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)

Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on ASM

Project, Jun 2015

Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 20 per cent of world gold production (Photo: Travis Lupick, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Delivering solutions through multi-stakeholder dialogue

Project, Feb 2015

Small-scale miners dry ores in the process of gold mining in Geita, Tanzania (Photo: John Louis/Investing In Gold, Creative Commons)

Dialogues for a sustainable and productive artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector

Project, Jan 2014

Recent publications

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Action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Tanzania

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Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation

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Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues

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Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions

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ASM dialogue programme: IIED scoping mission in Tanzania

Fitsum Weldegiorgis's blog posts

Artisanal and small-scale mining stakeholders in Tanzania explore solutions to key challenges (Photo: Steve Aanu/IIED)

Using dialogue to extract sustainable solutions for artisanal and small-scale mining

Blog, Feb 2018

Paul, a gold prospector in Burkina Faso (Photo: Ollivier Girard/CIFOR)

Six steps forward for African mining

Blog, Mar 2017

Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)

Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM

Blog, Oct 2016