Governance, Conflict, and Natural Resources in Africa Understanding the Role of Foreign Investment Actors

"This ambitious book helps us better understand how firms that extract Africa's natural resources contribute to economic development. Governance, Conflict, and Natural Resources in Africa offers comparative case studies that shed new light on the potential for foreign investors to build capacity in stable, fragile, and post-conflict states. The book's detailed coverage of governance realities 'on the ground' is informative and engaging." Adam Sneyd, University of Guelph and author of Politics Rules: Power, Globalization and Development

"As a former minerals advisor to the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Besada is well placed to provide such a forward-looking framework. The economic and political analysis in Besada's text is first-rate, and he presents an extremely compelling case for the social and environmental benefits of citizen-state-private relationships in the extractive economy." H-Environment