Angola and Venezuela are among the most oil dependent countries in the world. When oil prices fell in 2014, these states lost half of their income base. ...

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ total ...

This paper discusses whether and to what extent resource-rich developing countries should introduce local content policies, i.e. requirements to include ...

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

Tanzania has recently discovered huge offshore natural gas fields. This has led the Government to develop Local Content Policies (LCPs) to increase local ...

Corruption is a huge problem in many developing countries that are rich in oil and other natural resources. It is central in explaining why resource rich ...

Norwegian oil companies have been involved in Angola since the mid 1990s. CMI has in co-operation with A-IP initiated a new project that will analyse ...

This project combines research on taxation (upstream) and spending (downstream) at the local level in Angola. It will shed light on the overall ...

Farouk Al-Kasim, "the Iraqi who saved Norway from oil", instrumental as he was in establishing the Norwegian Petroleum Administration and Directorate. Since 1991 he has advised developing countries on the organisation and regulation of their petroleum sector.

(Price NOK 50 + postage) Angola represents a new and promising offshore oil market where technology and contracts differ from those of Norway's offshore ...

Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest weak governance and corruption are important factors behind the wide welfare variations ...

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 ...

This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to ...

Gender & ecological dimensions of oil exploration in the L. Albert Region Monica Agena Master thesi

Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest that weak governance and corruption are key factors behind continued poverty in resource-rich ...

Michael Alvarez in conversatio with Kjetil Selvik and Bjørn Olav Utvik.

This case study analyses the market for oil-related producer services for the Gullfaks oil field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. We find that ...

Since Hugo Chavez came to power in Venezuela in 1998, large parts of the country's vast oil resources have been diverted towards social spending amongst ...

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.

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.