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Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction

Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner countries in development cooperation are richly endowed with natural resources, these contexts pose a particular challenge for effective donor action. The risk of corruption cuts across natural resource sectors - from non-renewable resources such as oil, gas, minerals and metals, to renewable resources such as forests, fisheries and land. There are, however, important variations in the challenges presented by these sectors and the manner in which corruption in relation to them can be addressed.

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1 February 2008
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Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction

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Williams, A.; Kolstad, I.; Søreide, T. (2008) Corruption in Natural Resource Management - An Introduction. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2008:2) 4 p.

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Aled Williams is a political scientist and senior researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute and a principal adviser at the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre. He is responsible for U4's thematic work on corruption in natural resources and energy, and holds a PhD from SOAS, University of London, on political ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia.

Ivar Kolstad
Tina Søreide

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