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Always choosing the oil rents: How leaders in Angola and Venezuela brought their countries to ruin
CMI Working Paper | Nov 2016
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. ...
oil, economy, Chávez, dos Santos, Angola, Venezuela
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
Alternatives to local content
Journal Article | Dec 2017
This paper discusses whether and to what extent resource-rich developing countries should introduce local content policies, i.e. requirements to include ...
Local content, petroleum, oil, natural gas, Tanzania
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
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
Transparency in oil rich economies
U4 Issue | Dec 2007
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 ...
Corruption, natural resource management
Social responsibility of oil companies: Angola
Project | Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
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 ...
Africa: Angola
Taxation and local democracy under the oil state
Project | Jun 2011 - Dec 2014
This project combines research on taxation (upstream) and spending (downstream) at the local level in Angola. It will shed light on the overall ...
Angola
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
Corruption and reduced oil production: An additional resource curse factor?
Journal Article | Jan 2013
Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest weak governance and corruption are important factors behind the wide welfare variations ...
Political economy, oil, corruption
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 ...
Grassroots politics and oil culture in Venezuela. The revolutionary petro-state
Book | Jan 2017
This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to ...
Venezuela
Does corruption reduce oil production?
Event | 14 Dec 2009
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.
Cleaning up oil spills barehanded
News | 3 Mar 2016
An oil spill in Peru has left a trail of destruction. The company responsible for the oil spill offered indigenous people in the affected areas the equivalent of five NOK to clean up the mess barehanded.
Gender & ecological dimensions of oil exploration in the L. Albert Region
Master's Thesis | Aug 2012
Gender & ecological dimensions of oil exploration in the L. Albert Region Monica Agena Master thesi
Shrinking oil: Does weak governance and corruption reduce volumes of oil produced?
U4 Issue | Jun 2010
Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest that weak governance and corruption are key factors behind continued poverty in resource-rich ...
natural resource management, oil, corruption, Ghana, São Tomé and Principé
Gullfaks - the first Norwegian oil field developed and operated by Norwegian companies
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2000
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 ...
Development from below and oil money from above. Popular organization in contemporary Venezuela
Book Chapter | Jan 2012
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 ...
Venezuela
How stable is the Arab oil state?
Event | 3 Nov 2015
Michael Alvarez in conversatio with Kjetil Selvik and Bjørn Olav Utvik.
Reforming corruption out of Nigerian oil? Part one: Mapping corruption risks in oil sector governance
U4 Brief | Feb 2009
Oil dominates the Nigerian economy and generates the vast majority of government revenues. At the same time, Nigeria is perceived as one of the world's ...
natural resources, corruption, oil, Nigeria, natural resource management, political corruption, Nigeria