Corruption, Natural Resources and Development: From Resource Curse to Political Ecology

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Corruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analysing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals. Using corruption case studies across a wide spectrum of natural resource sectors from around the world, the expert contributions explore political ecology as a means of analysing resource curse challenges. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed. This forward-thinking book is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of development studies, political ecology, corruption, development economics and international political economy. The evidence and policy solutions included will be of great appeal to policymakers and practitioners. Nigeria: defying the resource curse / Inge Amundsen -- Zero-tolerance to corruption? Norway's role in petroleum-related corruption internationally / Birthe Eriksen and Tina Søreide -- Governance challenges in Tanzania's natural gas sector: unregulated lobbyism and uncoordinated policy / Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Jesper Johnsøn -- Transparency and natural resource revenue management: empowering the public with information? / Päivi Lujala and Levon Epremian -- Corruption and elite capture of mining community development funds in Ghana and Sierra Leone / Kendra E. Dupuy -- Misuse of the Malampaya royalty fund / Grizelda Mayo-Anda -- When bad gets worse: corruption and fisheries / Ussif Rashid Sumaila, Jennifer Jacquet and Allison Witter -- Mapping the state's Janus face: green economy and the 'green resource curse' in Kenya's highland forests / Connor Joseph Cavanagh -- Strengthening institutions against corruption? Biofuel deals in Ghana / Festus Boamah and Aled Williams -- Forest resources and local elite capture: revisiting a community-based forest management 'success case' in Tanzania / Joseph Perfect Mrema -- Rosewood democracy / Oliver Remy -- How corruption enables wildlife trafficking / Tanya Wyatt -- Urban land: a new type of resource curse? / Dieter Zinnbauer.