Political leaders all over the world are calling for strategic autonomy. The removal of critical trade dependencies has become a guiding principle in most policy proposals, including the EU's new industrial strategy. In making these decisions, it is important for policymakers to understand the...

Nowadays, humanity encounters many problems connected to the use of natural resources. International actors have established diverse global initiatives and regional and national legal reforms linked to the issue. Thus, this study provides a comparison of selected provisions regarding information...

Die kommende Bundesregierung muss aus ambitionierten Zielen eine erfolgreiche Ressourcen- und Klimapolitik machen und dabei alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger mitnehmen – so das Fazit des Zukunftsimpulses des Wuppertal Instituts zur Bundestagswahl 2021. Es zeigt, welche Maßnahmen notwendig sind,...

Esta Guía Metodológica presenta la aplicación práctica del enfoque del “Nexo entre Agua, Energía y Alimentación”. Este documento tiene dos objetivos principales. El primero es fortalecer las capacidades institucionales y normativas de los gobiernos de la región de América Latina y el...

This chapter examines the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a public-private regulatory partnership that jointly creates and oversees transparency and accountability standards in the extractive sector. The chapter argues that EITI has added something new to the landscape of...

The natural resource and right to development dilemma / Serges Djoyou Kamga and Carol Chi Ngang -- Sustainable right to development governance of natural resources in Africa / -- Carol Chi Ngang -- Loss, anguish and postponement: The story of African development, natural resource ownership and...

The research setting and conducting research "at home" -- The commodity chain of river sand and the ecological consequences of river-sand mining -- Government policies and the commodification of river sand -- State ownership and the governmental management of river sand -- Zhuang Villages'...

Die Ukraine erlebt seit zehn Jahren einen wirtschaftlichen Niedergang, der durch internationale Finanzhilfen abgefedert wird. Seit 20 Jahren drängen westliche Geber auf marktwirtschaftliche Reformen im Energiesektor, die von der Ukraine immer wieder verschleppt oder nur halbherzig umgesetzt...

Technologische Entwicklungen und Trends, können signifikant zu Ressourcenschonung beitragen. Wie sie konkret wirken hängt jedoch stets von den gesellschaftlichen Kontextfaktoren ab. Neben politischen Rahmenbedingungen sind hier soziale Routinen, Handlungsmuster und Konsumstile bedeutsam, da...

Die Ukraine erlebt seit zehn Jahren einen wirtschaftlichen Niedergang, der durch internationale Finanzhilfen abgefedert wird. Seit 20 Jahren drängen westliche Geber auf marktwirtschaftliche Reformen im Energiesektor, die von der Ukraine immer wieder verschleppt oder nur halbherzig umgesetzt...

We estimate the impact of local mining activity on the business constraints experienced by 25,777 firms across nine large and resource-rich countries. We find that the presence of active mines in firms' immediate vicinity (20 km) deteriorates the business environment in tradeable sectors. Access...

The people arose: the genesis of the conflict -- Background and historical context of the Niger Delta crises -- Understanding the nexus between resource governance, the state, and protracted conflict -- Six cardinal pillars of resource governance -- In the eyes of the people: perceptions and...

A more resource efficient and circular economy will help to decouple global economic growth from natural resource use, decrease environmental degradation and improve energy efficiency. Existing circular economy policies have been largely focused at the national level. However, trade policies can...

The Administrative Capacities of the Quebec State: Specialized Personnel and Technoscientific Interventions -- The Invention of a Mining Space: Geological Exploration and Mineralogical Knowledge -- Soil Classification and Separation of Forest and Colonization Areas: Scientific Forestry and...

"The fourth Factor X publication from the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Sustainable Development and Resource Productivity: The Nexus Approaches explores the interdependencies of sustainable development paths and associated resource requirements, describing and analysing the...

"The antecedent to the present work is Marian Radetzki's book A Guide to Primary Commodities in the World Economy, published by Blackwell in 1990, three decades ago. In that book Radetzki presented the gist of what he had learnt over the 30 preceding years of active study and research on...

A country's abundant natural resources may serve as a curse or a blessing, with the outcome often dependent on prevailing governance structures and experience managing these assets. Despite natural resource advantages, many African countries have failed to transform their enormous economic...

"Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life. Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and...

This book shows the push and pull effects between resources, human security and conflicts in Africa. It recognizes the need for resources in Africa to be processed into finished goods in order to influence global market and redefine the pattern of trade relations with powerful countries of Asia,...

Canada is the one of the first in-depth studies of China's increasing interest in the Arctic. It offers a holistic approach to understanding Chinese motivations and the potential impacts of greater Chinese presence in the circumpolar region, exploring resource development, shipping, scientific...

With the goal of reducing the dependency on oil revenues, the Government of Kazakhstan has recently increased its budget allocations to prop up the domestic agricultural sector. Yet, many observers agree that it is less the amount of public spending that induces long-term growth than the quality...

This book synthesizes findings regarding the political drivers of institutional change in extractive industry governance. It analyses resource governance from the late nineteenth century to the present in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru, and Zambia, focusing on the ways in which resource governance and...

New initiatives recognize that resource wealth can provide a means, when properly used, for poorer nations to decisively break with poverty by diversifying economies and funding development spending. Extractive Industries: The Management of Resources as a Driver of Sustainable Development...

For the people of Timor-Leste, independence promised a fundamental transformation from foreign occupation to self-rule, from brutality to respect for basic rights, and from poverty to prosperity. In the eyes of the country's political leaders, revenue from the country's oil and gas reserves is...

"If political rulers' first struggle is gaining power, strategically securing the means to accrue and retain that power is a close-run second. For rulers whose territories are blessed with extractive resources, such as petroleum, metals, minerals, and other precious commodities, converting...