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From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
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 playsWebinar 6 Siena International School of Sustainable Development 2022 -
From SDG Academy 20 August, 2019
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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,…
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