CMI research examines the political economy of natural resource extraction covering both renewable and extractive sectors.

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

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

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

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

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

While a number of studies documents macro level effects of natural resources, much less is known about how resources such as oil affect development ...

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 ...

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

Resource discoveries often result in expectations of rapid growth, but also major concerns for increasing corruption. The resource curse literature ...

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

Civil society organizations can help to ensure good governance over natural resources as members of global multi-stakeholder initiatives like ...

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.

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

Do natural resources reduce social trust? This paper reviews the literature on natural resources and on trust. The existing theoretical and ...

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

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

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

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 ...