Corruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analyzing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals.

Using corruption case studies across a wide spectrum of natural resource sectors from around the world, the expert contributions explore political ecology as a means of analysing resource curse challenges. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed.

This forward-thinking book is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of development studies, political ecology, corruption, development economics and international political economy. The evidence and policy solutions included will be of great appeal to policymakers and practitioners.

Contributors include: I. Amundsen, F. Boamah, C.J. Cavanagh, K.E. Dupuy, L. Epremian, B. Eriksen, O.-H. Fjeldstad, J. Jacquet, J. Johnsøn, P. Le Billon, P. Lujala, G. Mayo-Anda, J.P. Mrema, O. Remy, R. Sumaila, T. Søreide, A. Witter, T. Wyatt, D. Zinnbauer

Introduction PART I EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 1. Nigeria: Defying the Resource Curse 2. Zero-Tolerance to Corruption? Norway’s Role in Petroleum-Related Corruption Internationally 3. Governance Challenges in Tanzania’s Natural Gas Sector: Unregulated Lobbyism and Uncoordinated Policy 4. Transparency and Natural Resource Revenue Management: Empowering the Public With Information? 5. Corruption and Elite Capture of Mining Community Development Funds in Ghana and Sierra Leone 6. Misuse of the Malampaya Royalty Fund PART II RENEWABLE RESOURCE SECTORS 7. When Bad Gets Worse: Corruption and Fisheries 8. Mapping the State’s Janus Face: Green Economy and the ‘Green Resource Curse’ in Kenya’s Highland Forests 9. Strengthening Institutions Against Corruption? Biofuel Deals in Ghana 10. Forest Resources and Local Elite Capture: Revisiting a Community-Based Forest Management ‘Success Case’ in Tanzania 11. Rosewood Democracy 12. How Corruption Enables Wildlife Trafficking 13. Urban Land: A New Type of Resource Curse? Index