Responding to the Challenge of Fragility and Security in West Africa : Natural Resources, Extractive Industry Investment, and Social Conflict

The inability to unlock natural resource wealth for the benefit of developing countries’ local populations, a phenomenon popularly known as the ‘resource curse’ or the ‘paradox of plenty’, has spawned extensive debate among researchers and policy m...

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Main Authors:	Maconachie, Roy, Srinivasan, Radhika, Menzies, Nicholas
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	EMPLOYMENT FISH REVENUE SHARING ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCOUNTING DEPOSITS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FOREIGN INVESTORS INTEREST LAWS EXPECTATIONS PRIVATIZATION GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS GOVERNMENT REVENUES RESPONSIBILITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS POLITICAL ECONOMIES STRATEGIES TIMBER ETHNIC GROUPS SERVICES RIVER BASINS DISCRIMINATION POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC PROBLEMS INCENTIVES SOCIOECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AUTHORITIES CORRUPTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FISCAL FEDERALISM NATIONAL LEVEL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AUTHORITARIANISM ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PRESENT VALUE SOCIAL CONFLICT STATES EXPLOITATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OIL WELFARE EFFECTS EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE AUTHORITY PRODUCTIVITY OPTIONS EXTERNALITIES MIGRATION TRANSFERS CENTRALIZATION BARRIERS TO ENTRY MARKETS ROYALTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATE AUTHORITIES LEGISLATION POLLUTION CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS REGULATORY MECHANISMS LABOR NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUNDS METALS COUNCILS LEGAL FRAMEWORK FINANCE EFFICIENCY FISHING INFRASTRUCTURE TAXES LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS EFFECTIVE USE BANKS RESOURCES DEVOLUTION FISCAL LOCAL TAXES ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY VALUES VALUE POLICY MAKERS BANK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS DEFORESTATION CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MINES GOVERNMENT REVENUE EXPENDITURES ENVIRONMENTS PROPERTY DECISION-MAKING DECISION MAKING TAX RATES TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT SOIL DEGRADATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS STREAMS CITIZENS REGULATORY REGIMES ADMINISTRATION GOVERNANCE FISHERIES REGIONAL INTEGRATION TRADE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION STATE LAND REGIONS LOCAL COUNCILS RISK MINISTRY OF FINANCE TAX SYSTEM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC FINANCES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ECOLOGY WATER POLLUTION DECENTRALIZATION GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES REVENUE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES RESOURCE CURSE INSURGENCY FISCAL REVENUE PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENTS POLITICAL INSTABILITY PRICES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES PIT ECONOMIES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/08/24919388/responding-challenge-fragility-security-west-africa-natural-resources-extractive-industry-investment-social-conflict http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22511

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22511

Responding to the Challenge of Fragility and Security in West Africa : Natural Resources, Extractive Industry Investment, and Social Conflict

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