Hekima College Library

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Africa's new oil :

by Hicks, Celeste,
Additional authors: International African Institute. | Royal African Society. | World Peace Foundation.
Series: African arguments Published by : Zed Books (London) Physical details: xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm ISBN:9781783601134; 1783601132; 9781783601127; 1783601124.
Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- Economic aspects -- Africa. | Petroleum industry and trade -- Africa. | Petroleum industry and trade. | Petroleum industry and trade -- Economic aspects. | Armut | Erdölwirtschaft | Politischer Konflikt | Wirtschaftsentwicklung | Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- Aspect économique -- Afrique. | Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- Tchad. | Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- Niger. | Pétrole -- Industrie et commerce -- Ghana. | Africa. | Afrika
Year: 2015
Online resources:
List(s) this item appears in: Curruption
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Current location Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books JST Library
General Stacks 		HD
Industries. Land use. Labor		 HD9577.A2 HIC (Browse shelf) Checked out to Cyprian Bosire (IPSIR/2018/007) 20/06/2018 104309
Total holds: 0

"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-225) and index.

Chad : a model project -- The aftermath -- Lessons learned for China? -- Resource nationalism in Niger -- Civil society power in Ghana -- The East Africa miracle? -- Conclusion.

In recent years, technological advances, higher commodity prices and a global thirst for energy have meant that African oil and gas are increasingly in demand. Countries as far apart as Niger, Uganda, Chad, Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania are looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets. But the story of African oil has usually been associated with disaster - older producers such as Nigeria, Angola and Cameroon have little to show for the many billions of dollars they've earned, and oil money has been shown to fuel conflict and corruption, creating a so-called 'resource curse'. In this revealing and insightful book, former BBC correspondent Celeste Hicks questions the inevitability of such an outcome, revealing what the discovery of oil means for the ordinary Africans through original testimony from those working in the oil industries and the communities that surround them. A much-needed account of an issue that will likely transform the fortunes of a number of African countries - for better or for worse--

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.