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Book SynopsisThis book examines how state actors and other stakeholders participate in natural resource governance initiatives and seek to promote natural resource-based development in Africa.
Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction 1. An Evolving Agenda on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa Nathan Andrews, J. Andrew Grant, Jesse Salah Ovadia, and Adam Sneyd Section II: Governance Framings at Local, National, and Global Levels 2. Corporate Framing of Sustainability in the Mineral Sector: ‘New Governance’ Insights from South Africa Raynold Wonder Alorse and Nathan Andrews 3. The Resource Curse and Limits of Petro-Development in Ghana’s ‘Oil City’: How Oil Production Has Impacted Sekondi-Takoradi Jesse Salah Ovadia and Emmanuel Graham 4. Stakeholder Salience and Resource Enclavity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Oil Abigail Efua Hilson 5. Gender, Land Grabbing, and Glocal Land Governance in Ghana and Uganda Patricia Ackah-Baidoo, Andrea M. Collins, and J. Andrew Grant 6. Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors Steffi Hamann, Brendan Schwartz, and Adam Sneyd Section III: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Development: The Politics of Resource Nationalism, Local Procurement, and Community Engagement 7. Copper Economics and Local Entrepreneurs in Zambia: Accumulation by Dispossession and the Possibility of Dependent Development Carolyn Bassett and Allyson Fradella 8. ‘The Curse of Being Born with a Copper Spoon in Our Mouths’: An Examination of the Changing Forms of Zambian Resource Nationalism Alexander Caramento 9. Promoting Mining Local Procurement Through Systems Change: A Canadian NGO’s Efforts to Improve the Development Impacts of the Global Mining Industry Jeff Geipel and Emily Nickerson 10. The Promises and Pitfalls of Pursuing Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Resource Corridors in Africa Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Alex Awiti 11. ‘Community Development’ in Oil and Gas Projects: The Case of the West African Gas Pipeline Project Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu Section IV: Land and Human Security: Central Africa in Focus 12. Land, High-Value Natural Resources, and Conflict in the Central African Republic Chris Huggins 13. Copper Stakes: Exclusion, Corporate Strategies, and Property Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo Sarah Katz-Lavigne 14. China and the Democratic Republic of Congo: What the Sicomines Agreement Tells Us about Beijing’s Foreign Policy in Africa David Walsh-Pickering Section V: Concluding Remarks and Reflections 15. Reflections on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa in the 2020s Nathan Andrews, Edward Akuffo, and J. Andrew Grant
