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African Arguments

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Maps and Figures

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

1: Chad: A Model Project

Revenue Management

Environment

The Political Context

A Law with Flaws

The Military Threat

The End of the Model Project

The End of the Rebels

Lessons Learned for the World Bank?

2: The Aftermath

Escaping the Resource Curse: Key Themes

Revenue Management

Civil Society: The Silver Lining

Environmental Protections

Development of Local Content and the Impact on the Wider Economy

Bringing it all Together: Is Chad Resource Cursed?

3: Lessons Learned for China?

‘We Don’t Understand Why the Western Media is so Critical’

The Political Context: Guns, Money and Oil

The Chinese Contract

Local Content and Wider Economic Impact

Djérmaya Refinery

China and Transparency

The Deal Unravels

Environmental Concerns

4: Resource Nationalism in Niger

Local Content and Revenue Sharing

Political Context

Resource Nationalism: The Issue of the Moment

Civil Society and Journalism

Contracts and Revenue Transparency

Slow Progress

Future Success

Assessing China’s Success

5: Civil Society Power in Ghana

Ghana’s Black Gold

Transparency and Revenue Management

Contracts

Local Content

Pathway out of Poverty? The Impact on The Economy of the Oil-producing Region

Regional Compensation and The Environment

Eldorado Missed?

Accountability and Quality of Spending

The Limitations of Transparency

Ghana’s Transparency Scorecard

6: The East African Miracle?

Towards A Regulatory Framework: Uganda

Kenya

Women

Kenya Versus Uganda: Will They or Won’t They?

Conclusion

Breaking The Resource Curse: An Evaluation

Revenue Management

Chad: Lessons Learned

Beyond Transparency

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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