Managing Africa's Natural Resources [electronic resource] : Capacities for Development /
Hanson, K.editor.
D'Alessandro, C.editor.
Owusu, F.editor.
The authors investigate well-known concerns in natural resource management in Africa while focusing on the capacity dimension of the problems. They examine dynamics of leadership, governance, criminality, structural transformation, as well as emerging issues such as green growth.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Maps; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; List of Acronyms; 1 Toward a Coordinated Approach to Natural Resource Management in Africa; 2 The Status of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Capacity Development Challenges and Opportunities; 3 Governance of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Contemporary Perspectives; 4 Criminality in the Natural Resource Management Value/Supply Chain; 5 Structured Transformation and Natural Resources Management in Africa
6 Strategic Capacity-Building Imperatives Vital for Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa7 The Gas and Oil Sector in Ghana: The Role of Civil Society and the Capacity Needs for Effective Environmental Governance; 8 The Capacity Question, Leadership, and Strategic Choices: Environmental Sustainability and Natural Resources Management in Africa; 9 Debating Critical Issues of Green Growth and Energy in Africa: Thinking beyond Our Lifetimes; 10 Moving Africa beyond the Resource Curse: Defining the "Good-Fit" Approach Imperative in Natural Resource Management and Identifying the Capacity Needs
Afterword: Natural Resource Governance Post-2015: What Implications for Analysis and Policy?Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The authors investigate well-known concerns in natural resource management in Africa while focusing on the capacity dimension of the problems. They examine dynamics of leadership, governance, criminality, structural transformation, as well as emerging issues such as green growth.
Africa-Politics and government.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Sustainable development.
Development economics.
International relations.
African Politics.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Sustainable Development.
Development Economics.
International Relations.