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Title:From adversity to prosperity: towards a 'new' governance paradigm for natural resource management in Africa's conflict zones
Editor:Okeke-Uzodike, UfoISNI
Year:2014
Periodical:African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:23
Issue:3
Pages:243-263
Language:English
Geographic terms:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Subjects:natural resource management
government policy
community participation
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2014.924021
Abstract:This article interrogates the continuing relevance of the contractarian governance paradigm to resource governance and the impact of exploitation on the local population and environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Zimbabwe and Ghana. It highlights the susceptibilities of their governance processes, particularly the roles of the elites of the host communities, the multinational corporations, and the governing authorities in appropriating resources for their personal interests, resulting in tensions and conflicts. This scenario is borne out of inept leadership, as well as the defective and compromised administrative mechanisms operational in these countries. In view of this, the article underscores the need for a 'new governance management paradigm' anchored on a communitarian framework, which incorporates all stakeholders, to guarantee sustainable peace and prosperity, particularly in conflict zones. The article therefore concludes that achieving a nexus between forestry, mining activities and economic development in these countries will require a restructuring of the existing governance mechanisms; and advocates for a new governance model capable of curbing the excesses of local and foreign hegemony, including a total overhaul of the seemingly compromised supervising authority. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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