The Weak Link: The role of local institutions in accountable natural resource management in Peru, Senegal, Ghana, and Tanzania
Publication date
2016-04-15Keywords
FinanceExtractives industry
Accountability
Natural resource management
Oil
Gas
Mining
Revenue sharing
Private sector
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Oxfam AmericaDocument type
Research reportDescription
Extractive industries present potentially large opportunities for developing countries. However, advocates for responsible natural resource management are often frustrated by the fact that best-practice policy prescriptions are frequently ignored by governments in developing counties. As a result, there has been a growing effort to understand how policy decisions are made, and how political and economic incentives shape development outcomes.
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Oxfam has produced a detailed study of the political economy of decision making, with research conducted in Peru, Ghana, Senegal and Tanzania. Reports for each of the countries are below (Tanzania report forthcoming), along with a synthesis of the findings.