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Supply chain management in the oil industry: The Angolan case
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001
(Price NOK 50 + postage) Angola represents a new and promising offshore oil market where technology and contracts differ from those of Norway's offshore ...
Oil industry, Supply chain, Firm, Property right, Angola, Africa: Angola
Flammable societies. Studies on the socio-economics of oil and gas
Edited Book | Jan 2012
The impact of the oil and gas industry – paradoxically seen both as a blessing and a curse on socio-economic development – is a question at ...
Trading in corruption: Evidence and mitigation measures for corruption in the trading of oil and minerals
U4 Issue | Jun 2017
Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ total ...
natural resource management, oil, minerals, resource curse, commodity trading, corruption, national oil companies, state-owned enterprises, extractive revenue misappropriation
Petro-Governance in Tanzania: Opportunities and Challenges
CMI Brief | Oct 2016
Recent significant natural gas discoveries have pushed Tanzania into the international spotlight as a new petroleum producer. How can the country ensure ...
oil, petroleum, gas, economy, Tanzania
Flammable societies. The socio-economics of oil and gas
Event | 29 Mar 2012
Politics, inequality and poverty in resource-rich countries. Michael Alvarez invites the authors John McNeish and Logan Owen to probe into the impact of oil and gas industry.
Diversifying an oil rich economy: Why and how?
News | 9 Jan 2012
Policies for diversification should focus on international regulation that affects elite incentives, rather than on domestic industrial policy in countries where the economy is in the hands of a few, concludes researchers.
Industrial Clusters Promotion as a tool for private sector development: The UNIDO experience in Ethiopia
CMI Brief | Nov 2013
Policies aimed at boosting the interaction and cooperation of economic actors in industrial clusters might represent a crucial strategy for industrial ...
industry, Ethiopia
Micro and Small-scale Industry. Development in Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique
CMI Report | Jan 2005
This report sets out the background, analyses, conclusions and recommendations from a review of a project on Micro and Small-scale Industry Development ...
Small-scale industry, Industrial development, Capacity building, Mozambique, Africa: Mozambique
Digging in the dirt? Extractive industry FDI and corruption
Journal Article | Aug 2013
Does corruption attract or deter foreign investment in the extractive sectors? This article presents an econometric analysis of extractive industry foreign ...
Corruption, governance, mining, quarrying, petroleum, extractive industries, Bangladesh, Angola
Social development and industry level foreign direct investment
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Investment is crucial for economic development. A number of empirical studies document a relationship between social development and aggregate foreign ...
Foreign direct investment, Social development
Afghan hydrocarbons: A source for development or for conflict? A risk assessment of Norwegian involvement in development of the Afghan oil and gas industry
CMI Report | Aug 2010
Norad has been engaged in capacity building and provision of technical support to the Afghan Ministry of Mines since 2007. A part of this engagement relates ...
Natural resources, Petroleum industry, Conflicts, Risk Assessment, Afghanistan, Afghanistan
Between shamba and factory. Industrial labour migration in Kenya
Book Chapter | Jan 1991
Oscillatory labour migration is shown to predominate in the labour market in Kenya. Workers move periodically between the towns and the rural areas where ...
Labour migration, Remittances, Kenya
Industrialization in Kenya: Quasi-Proletarianization and Labour Migration
Book Chapter | Jan 1990
This chapter adduces empirical evidence to show that the non-capitalist agricultural sector 'subsidises' industrial wages by relieving the capitalist ...
Labour migration, Remittences, Livelihoods, Kenya
Why technology transfer and new industrial structures may accelerate economic development
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2001
Countries within a region often experience a similar rate of industrial development. Do foreign direct investments have any influence on this aspect of ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI), economic development, technology transfers
From "Enemies of the Revolution" to Unfulfilled Ideal: Private Industrial Entrepreneurs in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Book Chapter | Sep 2012
Private sector industrial entrepreneurs are usually perceived as “victims” of the Iranian revolution. This reading has been shaped by events ...
Iran
Lack of consultation. Stakeholders perspectives on local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania
CMI Brief | Oct 2016
Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase local ...
oil, gas, resources, local content, petroleum, Tanzania
Illicit financial flows within the extractive industries sector: a glance at how legal requirements can be manipulated and diverted
Journal Article | Feb 2019
The extractive industries sector is considered to be one of the most prone to illicit financial flows. To date, numerous instruments at the national, ...
Extractive industries, Corruption, Transparency, Abuse of law, Illicit financial flows
The extractive industries transparency initiative: Impact, effectiveness, and where next for expanding natural resource governance?
U4 Brief | May 2014
The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification ...
natural resource management, extractive industries, oil, gas, minerals
Whistleblowing in the financial industry: The right means to curb illicit flows from developing countries?
U4 Brief | Mar 2011
Information provided by insiders can contribute to the goal of reducing illicit capital flight from developing countries. It helps address one of the ...
international drivers of corruption
Supply Chain Management in the Offshore Oil Industry: The Angolan and Norwegian Cases Compared
Book Chapter | Jan 2006
Different external environments lead to differences in supply chain management. This chapter focuses on the organisation of the supply chain in the offshore ...
Oil industry, Offshore, Supply chain, Africa: Angola., Norway