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Book SynopsisCorruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analyzing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals.
Using corruption case studies across a wide spectrum of natural resource sectors from around the world, the expert contributions explore political ecology as a means of analysing resource curse challenges. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed.
This forward-thinking book is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of development studies, political ecology, corruption, development economics and international political economy. The evidence and policy solutions included will be of great appeal to policymakers and practitioners.
Contributors include: I. Amundsen, F. Boamah, C.J. Cavanagh, K.E. Dupuy, L. Epremian, B. Eriksen, O.-H. Fjeldstad, J. Jacquet, J. Johnsøn, P. Le Billon, P. Lujala, G. Mayo-Anda, J.P. Mrema, O. Remy, R. Sumaila, T. Søreide, A. Witter, T. Wyatt, D. Zinnbauer
Trade Review'Williams and Le Billon go from global cases to a unified vision, providing a rich and readable single volume cure for a long-standing intellectual disease. Moving beyond explanations that hold bad governance to be a ''curse'' of abundance, the thinkers and observers assembled here shed glaring light on widespread illicit cultures, politics, and streams of value that are all a part of natural resource management worldwide. To understand the political ecology of corruption, start here.' --Paul Robbins, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
'This is an excellent book which challenges us to rethink the relationship between natural resources and corruption. It offers a wide range of rich and detailed cases - when combined they powerfully demonstrate how a political ecology approach can help us move beyond approaches to corruption which define it simply as ''deviance''. The result is a book which is of great value to academics and practitioners alike. If you want to understand how corruption shapes natural resources use and extraction, this is a must-read.' --Rosaleen Duffy, The University of Sheffield, UK
'This fascinating and wide-ranging collection shows how politics and power interact to limit the social benefits of natural resource endowments. Stressing the context-dependent nature of rent seeking and corruption, the authors move beyond the simplistic "resource curse" literature to highlight the key role of self-seeking local elites and of aid programs that fail to cope with local political realities.' --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University, US
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Aled Williams and Philippe Le Billon PART I EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 1. Nigeria: Defying the Resource Curse Inge Amundsen 2. Zero-Tolerance to Corruption? Norway’s Role in Petroleum-Related Corruption Internationally Birthe Eriksen and Tina Søreide 3. Governance Challenges in Tanzania’s Natural Gas Sector: Unregulated Lobbyism and Uncoordinated Policy Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Jesper Johnsøn 4. Transparency and Natural Resource Revenue Management: Empowering the Public With Information? Päivi Lujala and Levon Epremian 5. Corruption and Elite Capture of Mining Community Development Funds in Ghana and Sierra Leone Kendra E. Dupuy 6. Misuse of the Malampaya Royalty Fund Grizelda Mayo-Anda PART II RENEWABLE RESOURCE SECTORS 7. When Bad Gets Worse: Corruption and Fisheries Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Jennifer Jacquet and Allison Witter 8. Mapping the State’s Janus Face: Green Economy and the ‘Green Resource Curse’ in Kenya’s Highland Forests Connor Joseph Cavanagh 9. Strengthening Institutions Against Corruption? Biofuel Deals in Ghana Festus Boamah and Aled Williams 10. Forest Resources and Local Elite Capture: Revisiting a Community-Based Forest Management ‘Success Case’ in Tanzania Joseph Perfect Mrema 11. Rosewood Democracy Oliver Remy 12. How Corruption Enables Wildlife Trafficking Tanya Wyatt 13. Urban Land: A New Type of Resource Curse? Dieter Zinnbauer Index
