Africa's natural resources and underdevelopment : how Ghana's petroleum can create sustainable economic prosperity /: how Ghana's petroleum can create sustainable economic prosperity. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kwamina Panford.
• Authors: Panford, Martin Kwamina
• Contents: Preface; List of Abbreviations ; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Chapters and€Organization of€Book; Notes; Chapter 2: The Paradox of€Africa's Natural Resource Wealth; 2.1 Africa's Natural Resource Wealth Side by€Side with€Daunting Poverty; 2.2 Africa's Abundant Natural Resources; Notes; Chapter 3: Can Natural Resource-Related Social and€Economic Maladies Be€Avoided in€Africa?; 3.1 The Resource Curse Theorem: A€Critical Analysis; 3.2 How Are Ghana's Resource-Rich Neighbors Doing?; 3.2.1 Nigeria: Big Oil and€Gas Mismanagement; Nigeria's Legislation, Local Content and€Practices. Nigeria's Oil-Related Sovereign Fund3.2.2 Angola: Conflict Diamond, Oil and€the€Mismanagement of€Resources; Angola's Sovereign Wealth Account; 3.2.3 Democratic Republic of€Congo: From€King Leopold of€Belgium to€Mobutu and€Exploitation by€Neighbors; The Post-Mobutu Years; 3.2.4 Equatorial Guinea: A€Small Petroleum-Rich but€not Socially Prosperous Country; Notes; Chapter 4: Ghana's Petroleum: Will the€Myth of€Ghanaian Exceptionalism in€Africa Be€Sustained or Broken?; 4.1 120 Years of€Disastrous Gold and€Diamond Mining in€Ghana; 4.1.1 Ghanaian Diamonds; 4.2 Early Oil Exploration in€Ghana. 4.3 Background Information on€Jubilee Field: Ghana's First Commercial Oil Field4.3.1 Gas from€the€Jubilee Field; 4.4 Ghana's Baptism of€Fire; 4.5 Is Ghana Catching the€Resource Disease and€Its Enclave Effects?; 4.6 Sources of€Petroleum Law and€Key Institutions in€Ghana; Notes; Chapter 5: Petroleum Production Challenges in€Ghana; 5.1 Democracy and€Transparency in€Oil: Ineffective Parliamentary Oversight1; 5.2 Oil Revenue Management: Liberal Oil Leases and€Low Corporate Taxes; 5.3 Local Content and€Employment: Another Weak Link in€Ghana's Oil and€Gas Sector. 5.4 Corporate Social Responsibility: Public Relations, Image Building or a€Social Development Tool?Notes; Chapter 6: Actual and€Potential Conflicts Off- and€Onshore in€Ghana's Oil-Producing Region; 6.1 High Seas No-Go, No Light Restrictions and€the€Livelihoods of€Artisanal Fishermen and€Local Communities; 6.2 Potentially Combustible Mix of€Land, Chieftaincy, Petroleum and€CSR Funds On-Shore; 6.3 Latent Anger, Escalating, Rent, Land, Housing and€Other Cost of€Living in€Ghana's New Oil Hub in€Sekondi-Takoradi; Notes. Chapter 7: Policies for€High-Value Contributions of€Africa's Resources to€Sustainable Development7.1 Lessons from€Successful Countries; 7.2 Robust Local Content: Boosting Meaningful Local Participation; 7.3 Pivotal Roles of€Tertiary Institutions in€Science, Engineering, Technology, Education, Training and€Work; 7.3.1 Existing University-Based Petroleum-Related Training Programs; 7.3.2 The Next€Frontier of€Tertiary Education: Training and€Employment in€Oil and€Gas; 7.4 Converting Petroleum into€Value Added and€a€Socially Transformative National Asset.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY, U.S.A : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.9667; Economics; Economic development -- Africa; Natural resources -- Africa -- Management; Oil fields -- Ghana; Gas reservoirs -- Ghana; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Economic development; Economic history; Gas reservoirs; Natural resources -- Management; Oil fields; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Development economics & emerging economies; Economics of industrial organisation; Environmental economics; Energy technology & engineering; Management science; Africa—Economic conditions; Development economics; Industrial organization; Natural resources; Economics; Ghana -- Economic conditions -- 21st century; Africa; Ghana; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137540720; 1137540729; 1137540710; 9781137540713
• Related ISBNs: 9781137540713
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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