Managing Africa’s Natural Resources: Capacities for Development

✍ Scribed by Kobena T. Hanson, Cristina D’Alessandro, Francis Owusu (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Series: International Political Economy Series
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Toward a Coordinated Approach to Natural Resource Management in Africa....Pages 1-14
The Status of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Capacity Development Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 15-38
Governance of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Contemporary Perspectives....Pages 39-65
Criminality in the Natural Resource Management Value/Supply Chain....Pages 66-90
Structured Transformation and Natural Resources Management in Africa....Pages 91-117
Strategic Capacity-Building Imperatives Vital for Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa....Pages 118-139
The Gas and Oil Sector in Ghana: The Role of Civil Society and the Capacity Needs for Effective Environmental Governance....Pages 140-161
The Capacity Question, Leadership, and Strategic Choices: Environmental Sustainability and Natural Resources Management in Africa....Pages 162-184
Debating Critical Issues of Green Growth and Energy in Africa: Thinking beyond Our Lifetimes....Pages 185-205
Moving Africa beyond the Resource Curse: Defining the “Good-Fit” Approach Imperative in Natural Resource Management and Identifying the Capacity Needs....Pages 206-225
Afterword....Pages 226-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-250

✦ Subjects

African Politics; Political Economy; Economic Policy; Sustainable Development; Development Economics; International Relations