Explaining Why Natural Resource Development Fails to Lift People Out of Poverty [electronic resource] : A Case of Africa

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Silva, Nilani L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Africa.

Investments, Foreign--Africa.

Natural resources--Africa.

Poverty--Africa.

Natural resources.

Investments, Foreign.

Poverty.

Economic development.

Local Subjects:

Economic development--Africa.

Investments, Foreign--Africa.

Natural resources--Africa.

Poverty--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Explaining Why Natural Resource Development Fails to Lift People Out of Poverty

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are resources being distributed only to make wealthy elites wealthier? How do the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization foster a neo-liberal capitalist agenda that promotes wealth accumulation among these elites? The book looks at how this process can be stopped. It argues that resource distribution must benefit the people in a fair and even manner. The previous studies on this issue, mainly from the West, construct discourses and produce languages of poverty, or tribalism, arguing that these are the major factors contributing to civil conflict and under

Contents:

EXPLAINING WHY NATURAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FAILS TO LIFE PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY: A Case of Africa; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Opening up New Terrains of Contestation; Chapter 2 - Contextualising the Arguments; Chapter 3 - Theoretical Insight with Foucault; Part II; Chapter 4 - Colonisation, Liberalisation & Recolonisation; Chapter 5 - How Africa is Epitomised into the Third Millennium; Chapter 6 - African Ore Not Processed in Africa Why?; Part III

Chapter 7 - The Neoliberal Order and Free Market Principles - whose benefit?Chapter 8 - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Part IV; Chapter 9 - Underdevelopment and External Debt; Chapter 10 - External Governmentality of Africa's Natural Resources; Chapter 11 - The and Minerals; Chapter 12 - Resource-based Development: Pros and Cons; Chapter 13 - Comparative Analysis of Royalty Rates and Policy Tools; Part V; Chapter 14 - Playing Fields: Have They Really Changed?; Chapter 15 - The Rise of Red Capitalism; Part VI; Chapter 16 - Transnational Corporations

Chapter 17 - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Chapter 18 - Empiric: Assessing CSR on the Ground; Chapter 19 - The State Craft: Nettlesome Challenges; Chapter 20 - Land is at the Heart of Conflict; Chapter 21 - African Regional Stakeholders; Chapter 22 - Concluding Remarks; Glossary Explanations and Abbreviations; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-4460-2

OCLC:

841911039