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Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
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Engaging Citizens

Engaging Citizens

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Paul Collier looks at why it matters to build a critical mass of citizen understanding so that countries can take decisions that harness resources for…
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Leveraging Extractive Industries for…

Leveraging Extractive Industries for Infrastructure

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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The success of mine and petroleum project depends on reliable access to various types of infrastructure, including ports and railways, power to run the mine, water to be…
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The New Dynamics: Conversation with Paul Maseli,…

The New Dynamics: Conversation with Paul Maseli, Director of United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

From SDG Academy on 24 August, 2019

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Paul Maseli asks how recent trends affect the interpretation of Industries without Smokestacks.
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Investing in Investing

Investing in Investing

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Paul Collier looks at how to cover money that is saved into sustained levels of prosperity by domestic investment, or what he calls investing in…
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Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Extractive…

Legal and Regulatory Frameworks for Extractive Industries

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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What are the key elements of a legal framework for the extractive sector? These can include a country's constitution (for example, laying out who owns natural…
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Political Tripod and Authorizing Environment

Political Tripod and Authorizing Environment

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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in this chapter, Paul Collier looks at the politics of how the economic decision chain, from the discovery process of natural resources to domestic investments. He…
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Allocation of Rights

Allocation of Rights

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Allocation of mineral rights is a significant issue in natural resource management, and illustrates a fundamental difference between extractive industries and other…
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Natural Resource Funds

Natural Resource Funds

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Perrine Toledano discusses natural resource funds and sovereign wealth funds. If these funds are well-designed and governed, they can help countries to…
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Business Solutions for Climate Change

Business Solutions for Climate Change

From SDG Academy on 19 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Peter Bakker talks about the role of business in fighting climate change. He declares the Paris Climate Agreement as a success and outlines the three…
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State-Owned Enterprises: Role and Governance

State-Owned Enterprises: Role and Governance

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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State-controlled companies often play an outsized role in the management of the oil, gas, and mining industries. For example, they control about 90 percent of all global…
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Implementation and Monitoring Legal Frameworks

Implementation and Monitoring Legal Frameworks

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Why are strong, well-drafted legal frameworks not effectively or consistently enforced? This chapter details challenges such as low levels of capacity within government,…
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The decision chain of natural resource…

The decision chain of natural resource management: Part I

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Discovery of natural resources is difficult; this is evidenced by the fact that in the typical poor country, if we look at how many resources it had discovered per…
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Q&A | Peter Newman | 2017 Jan. 13

Q&A | Peter Newman | 2017 Jan. 13

From SDG Academy on 14 January, 2020

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Peter Newman, a professor at Curtin University, answers questions about subjects related to cities, such as public transport systems.
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The decision chain of natural resource…

The decision chain of natural resource management: Part II

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Using the revenues from resource extraction well is difficult. The first reason is that the revenues are volatile, and they are not sustainable. Volatility is evidenced…
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Pope Francis and the Encyclical

Pope Francis and the Encyclical

From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019

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Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, one of the chief architects of the Laudato Si' encyclical, discusses the context in which the encyclical was conceived and…

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