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Governance, conflict and natural resources in Africa: understanding the role of foreign investment actors
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Besada, Hany Gamil (2018) Governance, conflict and natural resources in Africa: understanding the role of foreign investment actors. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
An abundance of natural resources may serve as a curse or a blessing to-countries with such wealth. Outcomes often depend on prevailing-governance structures and the experience that government administrations-have in managing these assets. Using a structural political economy-approach, I shed light on the role that foreign state-owned and private-sector-actors play in resource-rich stable, post-conflict, and fragile states in sub--Saharan Africa. My findings are derived from data collected through desk--bound research and an analysis of qualitative data gathered during in-depth-interviews with local stakeholders in the three case study countries: Ghana,-Sierra Leone, and Ethiopia. This research strives to explain how foreign-state-owned and private-sector corporations have contributed to economic-growth at both the national and local levels in different types of resource-rich-countries. My dissertation also underscores how these actors have affected-overall country and regional stability over time.
All three case studies are structured thematically. The role of foreign-investors in the management and governance of natural resources in sub--Saharan Africa is addressed through seven themes: (1) legal/regulatory-frameworks; (2) beneficiation, local content, and value addition; (3) inclusive-economic transformation, or the lack of it; (4) conflict and security, (5) local-community development; (6) sustainable energy solutions; and (7) natural-resource exploitation. Through an exploration of these themes, I investigate-the unique challenges and opportunities created by these investors in the-economic development of the region — and conclude that the adoption of-integrated local content, beneficiation and value addition policies in business-practices and operations has the potential to generate positive economic-transformation. My findings also indicate that collaborative governance-involving state governments, the private sector, and local community-representatives is vital to promoting community development and to defusing-conflict.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Natural resources -- Africa, Natural resources -- Political aspects -- Africa, Conflict management-- Africa, Investments, Foreign -- Africa, Natural resources -- Government policy | ||||
Official Date: | August 2018 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Politics and International Studies | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Croft, Stuart, Lisk, Franklyn | ||||
Extent: | xiii, 267 leaves : illustrations, maps | ||||
Language: | eng |
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