Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa: Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

There 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. Natural 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's Natural Resource Sectors. Natural Resource-based Development In Africa 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. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Section I Introduction -- 1 An Evolving Agenda On Natural Resource-based Development In Africa -- Section Ii Governance Framings At Local, National, And Global Levels -- 2 Corporate Framing Of Sustainability In The Mineral Sector: New Governance Insights From South Africa -- 3 The Resource Curse And Limits Of Petro-development In Ghana's Oil City: How Oil Production Has Impacted Sekondi-takoradi -- 4 Stakeholder Salience And Resource Enclavity In Sub-saharan Africa: The Case Of Ghana's Oil -- 5 Gender, Land Grabbing, And Glocal Land Governance In Ghana And Uganda -- 6 Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction In Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis Of The Gold And Palm Oil Sectors -- Section Iii Critical Approaches To Inclusive Development: The Politics Of Resource Nationalism, Local Procurement, And Community Engagement -- 7 Copper Economics And Local Entrepreneurs In Zambia: Accumulation By Dispossession And The Possibility Of Dependent Development -- 8 The Curse Of Being Born With A Copper Spoon In Our Mouths: An Examination Of The Changing Forms Of Zambian Resource Nationalism -- 9 Promoting Mining Local Procurement Through Systems Change: A Canadian Ngo's Eforts To Improve The Development Impacts Of The Global Mining Industry -- 10 The Promises And Pitfalls Of Pursuing Inclusive, Sustainable Development Through Resource Corridors In Africa -- 11 Community Development In Oil And Gas Projects: The Case Of The West African Gas Pipeline Project -- Section Iv Land And Human Security: Central Africa In Focus -- 12 Land, High-value Natural Resources, And Conflict In The Central African Republic -- 13 Copper Stakes: Exclusion, Corporate Strategies, And Property Rights In The Democratic Republic Of Congo -- 14 China And The Democratic Republic Of Congo: What The Sicomines Agreement Tells Us About Beijing's Foreign Policy In Africa -- Section V Concluding Remarks And Reflections -- 15 Reflections On Natural Resource-based Development In Africa In The 2020s -- Contributors -- Index Ed. By Jesse Salah Ovadia, J. Andrew Grant, Nathan Andrews. Funded By University Of Toronto Libraries Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.