Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development in Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032049069 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 314 str.

Carol Chi Ngang; Serges Djoyou Kamga

Opis

This book explores the nexus between natural resources ownership and the right to development in Africa.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The natural resource and right to development dilemma  Part 1: Normative Considerations on Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development  2. Sustainable right to development governance of natural resources in Africa  3. Loss, anguish and postponement: The story of African development, natural resource ownership and the paradox of waiting  4. Rationale for Africa’s ‘legitimate’ ownership of her natural resources  5. Resource constitutionalism for socio-economic development in Africa’s petrostates: Re-imagining prior-informed consent  6. Peoples’ right to natural resources in Africa and state sovereignty: A quest for equilibrium  7. Colonial extraction of natural resource and the impact on the right to development in Africa  Part 2: Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources  8. Issues of sovereignty over natural resources in Africa  9. Rethinking natural resource ownership and the realisation of the right to development for indigenous peoples in Africa  10. Ownership of natural resources and the right to development for African indigenous peoples  11. Assessing the impact of water policies and practices on the RTD within the tourism industry in Africa  Part 3: Collective Benefit-Sharing of Natural Resources in Sustaining the Right to Development  12. Sustainable Development Goals and the bumpy road to 2030 in Ethiopia: The challenges of land grabbing  13. Freedom from want and the constitutional right to development in Ethiopia: Urban Productive Safety Net Programme–The case of Addis Ababa  14. Corporate social responsibility and the right to development in local communities: The case of the Democratic Republic of Congo  15. Laws on natural resources ownership in Ghana: A perceived hindrance to community development  16. Policy implications of the right to development through the Mining Charter of South Africa  17. Impact of artisanal and small scale gold mining on livelihood in Mutasa District of Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe  Conclusion  18. Towards a resilient development future in Africa