Natural Resource Investment and Africa’s Development

Edited by Francis N. Botchway, Associate Professor, University of Qatar

• Contents:PrefaceIntroductionFrancis N. BotchwayPART I: GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL ECONOMY1. Good Governance and Resource Management in AfricaRhuks Ako and Nilopar Uddin2. Dispute Settlement and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources in AfricaAbba Kolo 3. Resource Exploitation and Environmental Justice: The Nigerian ExperienceRhuks AkoPART II: COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL RELATIONS4. Contractual Arrangements for Resource InvestmentEmmanuel Laryea5. ‘A Conflict of Interest’? A Critical Examination of Artisanal/Large-scale Miner Relations in Sub-Saharan AfricaGavin Hilson6. Mergers and Acquisitions in Resource Industry: Implications for AfricaFrancis N. Botchway7. Fiscal Regimes for Natural Resource Extraction: Implications for Africa’s DevelopmentEvaristus Oshionebo8. Africa: From Object to Agent of Socially Responsible InvestmentBenjamin J. Richardson PART III: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT OF AFRICAN RESOURCE EXPLOITATION9. Evolution of International Investment Law and Implications for AfricaEmmanuel Laryea10. Commodity Agreements and MarketsBilly Melo Araujo11. Regime Theory and China–Africa Economic Relations: New Ideas in Old Paradigms?Francis N. Botchway12. The Settlement of Investor–State Oil and Gas Disputes in AfricaIbironke Odumosu13. The Role of International Criminal Law in Environmental ProtectionRegina Rauxloh14. Economic Development and Environmental Protection in Africa: The Constitutional, Conventional and Institutional ContextsDavid DzidzornuIndex

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