Premium
Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions
Author(s) -
Infanger Craig
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00767_3.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science , operations research , engineering
Ian Bannon and Paul Collier are established scholars in this field, and Natural Resources and Violent Conflict : options and actions extends their previous contributions on the link between resource dependence and conflict. The difference between this study and many previous works is the focus on recommendations for action. As Bannon explains in the Preface (p. x) : ‘While there is much that individual developing countries can do to reduce the risk of conflict – by addressing genuine grievances in their societies, adopting economic and social policies that are more inclusive, and improving transparency and accountability – there is also a need to articulate a convincing and practical agenda for global action. ’ Commissioned by the World Bank’s Governance and Natural Resources Project, the volume consists of eight chapters. The first, ‘Natural resources and conflict : what we can do’, by the two editors, reviews the results of the work by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler in recent years on the link between natural resources and conflict, and concludes with a call for global action. This, the authors maintain, should consist in successful development (‘ the best protection against civil war ’, p. 8), and improved governance of natural resources. The subsequent chapters seek practical responses for global action in five areas :