Valuable natural resources, such as oil, gemstones, and timber, should provide opportunities for countries and peoples to escape poverty.

Paradoxically, evidence shows that the opposite has often been the case.

This project examines how information disclosure about natural resource revenue management can improve accountability in revenue spending, transforming natural resource riches in developing countries into a blessing rather than a curse. 
Special Issue Call
Understanding the ‘local’ aspect of participation and citizen engagement in natural resources governance
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We invite interdisciplinary analysis from any geographical region that empirically and/or theoretically study the complex nature of local participation and citizen engagement in natural resource (revenue) governance in developing countries. 
​Recent publications
  • Lujala, Päivi, and Christa Brunnschweiler and Ishmael Edjekumhene 2020. Transparent for whom? Dissemination of information on Ghana’s petroleum and mining revenue management. Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1746276
  • Le Billon, Philippe, Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad 2020. A Theory of Change for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Designing resource governance pathways to improve developmental outcomes. U4 Issue 2020:11. Download 
  • Lujala, Päivi and John Narh 2020. Ghana’s mining communities are still not getting their just dues. The Conversation. January 8. Read
  • Lujala, Päivi and John Narh 2019. Ghana’s Minerals Development Fund Act: Addressing the Needs of Mining Communities. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law. Download (journal); Download (free access from May 19, 2021)
  • Kasimba, Sam and Päivi Lujala 2019. There is no one amongst us with them! Transparency and participation in local natural resource revenue management. Extractive Industries and Society 6(1): 198-205. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi 2018. An analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative implementation process.World Development 107(July): 358–381. Download (Open Access); Replication Data
Project period 
2017-2022

Funding 
Academy of Finland and project partners

Contact 
Professor Päivi Lujala paivi.lujala(at)oulu.fi

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