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Managing Africa's Natural Resources

Capacities for Development

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Kobena T. Hanson

    1. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Zimbabwe

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  2. Cristina D’Alessandro

    1. African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Zimbabwe

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  3. Francis Owusu

    1. Iowa State University, USA

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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The authors investigate well-known concerns in natural resource management in Africa while focusing on the capacity dimension of the problems. They examine dynamics of leadership, governance, criminality, structural transformation, as well as emerging issues such as green growth.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Toward a Coordinated Approach to Natural Resource Management in Africa

    • Kobena T. Hanson, Francis Owusu, Cristina D’Alessandro
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Status of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Capacity Development Challenges and Opportunities

    • Joseph Ayee
    Pages 15-38

  4. Governance of Natural Resource Management in Africa: Contemporary Perspectives

    • Peter Arthur
    Pages 39-65

  5. Criminality in the Natural Resource Management Value/Supply Chain

    • Olawale Ismail, Jide Martyns Okeke
    Pages 66-90

  6. Structured Transformation and Natural Resources Management in Africa

    • William G. Moseley
    Pages 91-117

  7. Strategic Capacity-Building Imperatives Vital for Transboundary Water Cooperation in Africa

    • Claudious Chikozho
    Pages 118-139

  8. The Gas and Oil Sector in Ghana: The Role of Civil Society and the Capacity Needs for Effective Environmental Governance

    • Cristina D’Alessandro, Kobena T. Hanson, Francis Owusu
    Pages 140-161

  9. The Capacity Question, Leadership, and Strategic Choices: Environmental Sustainability and Natural Resources Management in Africa

    • Korbla P. Puplampu
    Pages 162-184

  10. Debating Critical Issues of Green Growth and Energy in Africa: Thinking beyond Our Lifetimes

    • Abbi M. Kedir
    Pages 185-205

  11. Moving Africa beyond the Resource Curse: Defining the “Good-Fit” Approach Imperative in Natural Resource Management and Identifying the Capacity Needs

    • Francis Owusu, Cristina D’Alessandro, Kobena T. Hanson
    Pages 206-225

  12. Afterword

    • Timothy M. Shaw
    Pages 226-236

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 237-250
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Editors and Affiliations

  • African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Zimbabwe

    Kobena T. Hanson, Cristina D’Alessandro

  • Iowa State University, USA

    Francis Owusu

About the editors

Peter Arthur, Dalhousie University, Canada Joseph Ayee, MountCrest University College, Ghana Claudious Chikozho, University of Pretoria, South Africa Olawale Ismail, International Alert, UK Abbi M. Kedir, University of Leicester, UK William Moseley, Macalester College, USA Jide Martyns Okeke, African Union Commission, Ethiopia Korbla P. Puplampu, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada ?

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