{"product_id":"natural-resource-based-development-in-africa-panacea-or-pandoras-box-hardback-9781487505219","title":"Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa; Panacea or Pandora's Box? (Hardback) 9781487505219","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNatural Resource-Based Development in Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePanacea or Pandora's Box?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathan Andrews (Edited by), j. Andrew Grant (Edited by), Jesse Salah Ovadia (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487505219\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w figures, 11 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no question that Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources of different magnitudes. However, more than a decade of high commodity prices and new hydrocarbon discoveries across the continent has led countless international organizations, donor agencies, and non-governmental organizations to devote considerable attention to the potential of natural resource–based development. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatural Resource–Based Development in Africa places a particular emphasis on the actors that help us understand the extent to which resources could be transformed into broader developmental outcomes. Based on a wide variety of primary sources and fieldwork, including in-person interviews and participant observations, this collection contributes to both scholarly and policy discussions around the governance and economic development roles of local entrepreneurs, transnational firms, civil society groups, local communities, and government agencies in Africa\u0026amp;#x2019;s natural resource sectors. \u003ci\u003eNatural Resource–Based Development in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact that these actors have on regional trends such as resource nationalism and local procurement policies as well as grassroots-related issues such as poverty, livelihoods, gender equity, development, and human security. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection I: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. An Evolving Agenda on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa\u003cbr\u003eNathan Andrews, J. Andrew Grant, Jesse Salah Ovadia, and Adam Sneyd\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection II: Governance Framings at Local, National, and Global Levels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Corporate Framing of Sustainability in the Mineral Sector: \u0026amp;#x2018;New Governance\u0026amp;#x2019; Insights from South Africa\u003cbr\u003eRaynold Wonder Alorse and Nathan Andrews\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Resource Curse and Limits of Petro-Development in Ghana\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u0026amp;#x2018;Oil City\u0026amp;#x2019;: How Oil Production Has Impacted Sekondi-Takoradi\u003cbr\u003eJesse Salah Ovadia and Emmanuel Graham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Stakeholder Salience and Resource Enclavity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana\u0026amp;#x2019;s Oil\u003cbr\u003eAbigail Efua Hilson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Gender, Land Grabbing, and Glocal Land Governance in Ghana and Uganda\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Ackah-Baidoo, Andrea M. Collins, and J. Andrew Grant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors\u003cbr\u003eSteffi Hamann, Brendan Schwartz, and Adam Sneyd\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection III: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Development: The Politics of Resource Nationalism, Local Procurement, and Community Engagement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Copper Economics and Local Entrepreneurs in Zambia: Accumulation by Dispossession and the Possibility of Dependent Development\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Bassett and Allyson Fradella\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. \u0026amp;#x2018;The Curse of Being Born with a Copper Spoon in Our Mouths\u0026amp;#x2019;: An Examination of the Changing Forms of Zambian Resource Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Caramento\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Promoting Mining Local Procurement Through Systems Change: A Canadian NGO\u0026amp;#x2019;s Efforts to Improve the Development Impacts of the Global Mining Industry\u003cbr\u003eJeff Geipel and Emily Nickerson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Promises and Pitfalls of Pursuing Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Resource Corridors in Africa\u003cbr\u003eCharis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Alex Awiti\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. \u0026amp;#x2018;Community Development\u0026amp;#x2019; in Oil and Gas Projects: The Case of the West African Gas Pipeline Project\u003cbr\u003eIbironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection IV: Land and Human Security: Central Africa in Focus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Land, High-Value Natural Resources, and Conflict in the Central African Republic\u003cbr\u003eChris Huggins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Copper Stakes: Exclusion, Corporate Strategies, and Property Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo\u003cbr\u003eSarah Katz-Lavigne\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. China and the Democratic Republic of Congo: What the Sicomines Agreement Tells Us about Beijing\u0026amp;#x2019;s Foreign Policy in Africa\u003cbr\u003eDavid Walsh-Pickering\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection V: Concluding Remarks and Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Reflections on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa in the 2020s\u003cbr\u003eNathan Andrews, Edward Akuffo, and J. 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