ABSTRACT
Natural resources fuel our everyday life. Whether it is petrol for cars, gas as a major source of electricity or coltan in mobile phones, oil, gas and minerals are ubiquitous in our everyday activities. Where natural resources are found in abundance, many stakeholders have hopes and expectations. Governments count on large and regular revenues, citizens hope for an increase in their living standards, local communities imagine a panacea for poverty and multinational resource firms expect high returns on their large-scale investments.
