Author: UnescoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
A Review of the Natural Resources of the African Continent
Author: UnescoA review of the natural resources of the African Continent
Author: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Paris)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
A review of the natural resources of the African continent
Author: Natural resources research
Author: A review of the natural resources of the African Continent
Author: UnescoNew Frontiers in Natural Resources Management in Africa
Author: Elias T. AyukPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030118576
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
This book discusses policy strategies for the effective management of natural resources in Africa within the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). While natural resource wealth has the potential to lift many out of poverty, sustain economic growth, and foster political stability, it does not guarantee these benefits. The absolute levels of human development in many resource-rich countries remain low, despite their apparent wealth. The challenge is to adopt policies that better harness the potential of natural resources, not only as an opportunity for development, but also to foster policies and institutional innovations that manage resource wealth equitably and boost human capital. To this end, this volume highlights key opportunities and solutions for harnessing natural resources for sustained economic development and explain how such approaches should be incorporated into the SDG agenda. These opportunities are communicated in the form of policy recommendations that in some cases, are country specific but can (and should) be adapted by individual African countries where applicable. With a broad perspective supplied by a diverse group of authors, this book will be useful for graduate students and academicians studying Africa, development economics, economic policy, and resource management, as well as policy makers, NGOs, and IGOs.
To Cook a Continent
Author: Nnimmo BasseyPublisher: Fahamu/Pambazuka
ISBN: 1906387532
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Arguing that the climate crisis confronting the world today is rooted mainly in the wealthy economies’ abuse of fossil fuels, indigenous forests, and global commercial agriculture, this important book investigates how Africa has been exploited and how Africans should respond for the good of all. As it examines the oil industry in Africa and probes the causes of global warming, this record warns of its insidious impacts and explores false solutions. Demonstrating that the issues around natural resource exploitation, corporate profiteering, and climate change must be considered together if the planet is to be saved, the book suggests how Africa can overcome the crises of environment and global warming.
Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development in Africa
Author: Carol Chi NgangPublisher:
ISBN: 9781003195115
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This book explores the nexus between natural resources ownership and the right to development in Africa. The right to sovereignty over natural resources and the right to development are recognised and protected in an extensive framework of international, regional and domestic instruments. They guarantee people's entitlement to fully and freely utilise their natural resources as a means of subsistence and for economic, social and cultural development. Yet, despite the abundance of natural resources in Africa a majority of the people on the continent remain largely impoverished. This book articulates the central argument that to achieve the right to development in Africa requires appropriate governance of the continent's natural resources to which the people of Africa are guaranteed sovereign ownership. With case study illustrations from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, chapters explore the normative measures, specific guarantees and community entitlements to natural resources for the realisation of the right to development. The book will be an invaluable guide to scholars and postgraduate students of Natural Resources, Development and African studies as well as policymakers and practitioners in these areas.
Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa
Author: Abiodun AlaoPublisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462679
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.
Revenue Sharing of Natural Resources in Africa
Author: Giorgio BrosioPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description