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

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Rethinking natural resource conflicts

Report in External Series | Nov 2010

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

Natural Resource, Conflict

Corruption in natural resources

Journal Article | Aug 2009

Corruption in natural resources Ivar Kolstad, Tina Søreide and Aled Williams Freedom from Fear Maga

Corruption, natural resources

Compendium of natural resource management

Edited Book | Apr 2010

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

Corruption in natural resource management: Implications for policy makers

Journal Article | Oct 2009

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

Resource curse, corruption

Corruption, natural resources and development: From resource curse to political ecology

Edited Book | Jan 2017

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

Corruption, political ecology, resource curse, wildlife trafficking, urban land, lobbying, transparency, community development, marine fisheries, biofuel, land management, political transitions, deforestation, extractive industries, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Madagascar, Norway, Philippines, Kenya

The global participation backlash: Implications for natural resource initiatives

U4 Brief | Jun 2017

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

natural resource management

Digitizing the landscape: Technology to improve integrity in natural resource management

U4 Brief | Mar 2017

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

natural resource management, technology

Micro effects of natural resources: Insights from a survey of Angolan microcredit clients

Book Chapter | Jan 2014

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

Angola

Collaboration against corruption?: Multistakeholder groups in natural resource management

U4 Issue | Jun 2011

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

natural resource management

Living with the commons: Local institutions for natural resource management

CMI Report | Jan 1995

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

Institution building, Property rights, Resources management, Shared natural resources

Governance challenges in Tanzania’s natural gas sector: Unregulated lobbyism and uncoordinated policy

Book Chapter | Jan 2017

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

Extractive industries, resource curse, governance, corruption, lobbyism, Tanzania

At the extremes: Corruption in natural resource management revisited

U4 Brief | Sep 2016

natural resource management

Monitoring aid: Lessons from a natural resources programme in Tanzania

U4 Practice Insight | Jul 2009

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

practice insight, nrm, natural resource management, monitoring aid, corruption in aid, , tanzania

Shadow Value Chains: Tracing the link between corruption, illicit activity and lootable natural resources from West Africa

U4 Issue | Jun 2017

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

natural resource management, Sierra Leone, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia, natural resources, development, security, shadow value chains, value chains

Does aid work? Reflections on a natural resources programme in Tanzania

U4 Issue | Mar 2009

A former programme officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania considers challenges to aid effectiveness in a major natural resources programme. After ...

NRM, Aid, Budget support, natural resource management, corruption in aid, Tanzania

How liberalisation of trade in service may concern natural resources

Report in External Series | Jan 1997

(Working papers in economics no 1397)

Multistakeholder groups for better sector performance: A key to fight corruption in natural resource governance?

Journal Article | Jan 2013

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

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

Identifying and dealing with corruption in natural resource management

Project | Sep - Dec 2006

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

A qualitative reframing of private sector corruption: Considerations from the natural resource sectors in South Africa

U4 Issue | Aug 2013

The currently used concept of private sector corruption does not cover new types of corruption that have emerged in response to the increasing complexity ...

natural resource management, corporate corruption, private sector, South Africa