ABSTRACT

Bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers and policy experts in the area of natural resource governance and management in Africa, this volume addresses the most critical policy issues affecting the continent’s ability to manage and govern its precious resources. The narrative of the book is solutions-driven, as experts weigh on specific issues within the context of Africa’s natural resource governance and offer appropriate policy recommendations on how to best manage the continent’s resources. This is a must-read for government policy makers in industrialized economies and, more importantly, in Africa and emerging economies, as well as for academic researchers working in the field, extractive companies operating on the continent, extractive industry and trade associations, and multilateral and donor aid institutions.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

part 1|82 pages

African content

chapter 2|25 pages

Capacity development for natural resource management

Findings from the 2013 Africa Capacity Indicators Report

chapter 3|30 pages

The other resource curse

Extractives as development panacea

part 2|102 pages

Governance aspects

chapter 7|25 pages

When nature becomes a resource

Spaces of environmental protection, land management, and development issues in francophone Africa

part 3|66 pages

Land management

chapter 8|23 pages

Sustainable development of mineral commodities in Africa

Challenges and policies

chapter 9|23 pages

Future land-grab solutions?

The evolution and potential impact of public and private governance initiatives at the global level

chapter 10|19 pages

Winners and losers

Contestation over land in the advent of oil exploration in Uganda

part 4|50 pages

Foreign policy

chapter 11|21 pages

Canada and China

Accepting Africa's rise?