political settlements

Governing Extractive Industries

by Bebbington, Anthony, Sanborn, Cynthia, Abdulai, Abdul-Gafaru, Humphreys Bebbington, Denise, Hinfelaar, Marja

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Proposals for more effective natural resource governance emphasize the importance of institutions and governance, but say less about the political conditions under which institutional change occurs. This book synthesizes findings regarding the political drivers of institutional …

This thesis explores the politics of elite commitment to promote local content and participation within Ghana's oil and gas sector. Since Ghana discovered commercial quantities of oil in 2007, debates over whether it would avoid the 'resource curse' have primarily taken place wi…