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From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 3,608 3,608 playsThis chapter overviews investments in oil, gas and mining projects. It includes a comparison of private and state ventures. Sources of income include: cash from existing… -
From SDG Academy 24 May, 2022
| 1,193 1,193 playsWebinar 6 Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022 -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 106 106 playsState-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… -
From SDG Academy 23 August, 2019
| 840 840 playsEvery night, 795 million people go to bed hungry although we produce sufficient food to provide an average 2700 kilocalories every day per person. Four billion metric… -
From SDG Academy 16 August, 2022
| 985 985 playsIn this video, Dr Kim Borg discusses a project she was involved with about the problem of the use of single use plastics, and the influence of media campaigns that aim… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 183 183 playsWhat 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… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 119 119 playsAllocation of mineral rights is a significant issue in natural resource management, and illustrates a fundamental difference between extractive industries and other… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 40 40 playsIn this chapter, Matthew Genasci discusses contract-based systems, including both production sharing arrangements and service contracts, in comparison to royalty tax… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 161 161 playsIn this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the movement of products long distances through multinational companies, as well as the challenges presented by the global… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 199 199 playsJeffrey Sachs notes that it is, on the whole, good to have mineral resources or coal, oil, or gas resources as major inputs to the economy; major inputs to economic… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 126 126 playsThis chapter covers international laws that can impact the governance of natural resources. Trade law is one example, as it can require governments not to restrict… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 164 164 playsSaleem Ali provides an overview of the environmental assessment process, by which regulators can manage the ecological and economic costs and benefits of natural… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 98 98 playsDiscovery 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… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 105 105 playsThe extractive sector is famously prone to corruption. Resource rich countries on average score far worse than their non-resource rich peers on measures of corruption.… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 39 39 playsin 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… -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
| 58 58 playsThis chapter details the role of domestic political systems in natural resources and how these systems are affected by resource wealth. It describes the resource curse,…