Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ...

Many information technology initiatives have emerged in recent years with the aim of improving natural resource management. These take a variety ...

From curse to development: Natural resources, institutions and public revenues’ Time: 8-11 SeptemberVenue: Holmenkollen Park Hotel, Oslo The ...

The discovery of oil or mineral resources has been associated with devastating political conflict and economic setbacks insted of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. The Oslo conference is aimed at eliciting lessons learned from recent efforts to improve the management of natural resources in developing countries.

CMI Brief December 2015 Volume 14 No.08 Huge reservoirs of natural gas have been discovered offshore the southern coast of Tanzania. The country ...

Corruption is the main reason why resource-rich countries perform badly in economic terms. Corruption in resource-rich countries takes two main ...

The Government of Tanzania is looking for the best policies and institutional designs to turn future petroleum revenues into welfare, development ...

Corruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting ...

This compendium was put together to be used in teaching natural resource management. For this purpose the selection of articles and book chapters ...

In this thematic paper I will reconsider the connections between natural resources and conflict. Aimed at producing a state of the art review ...

Corruption tends to be prevalent in developing countries that are richly endowed with natural resources. This project provides a brief ...

What connections exist between natural resource wealth and violent conflict? What do such connections imply for policies to build peace in resource-rich ...

Garrett Hardin's essay “The Tragedy of the Commons” has for almost three decades stimulated research on common property regimes. ...

Multistakeholder processes – involving representatives from civil society, government and the private sector — are increasingly ...

A World Bank project on Natural Resource Management This project addresses the political economy of natural resource management in Nigeria ...

Illicit natural resource trade continues to benefit corrupt officials, criminal and terrorist networks and to divert resources away from development, ...

Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner countries in development cooperation are ...

This Practice Insight describes the Norwegian Embassy’s decision in 2006 to independently evaluate their long-term support to the Management ...

Do natural resources reduce social trust? And if so, do natural resources have a direct effect on trust, or is their effect indirect through ...

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly ...