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
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa and Ishmael Edjekumhene and Päivi Lujala 2020. Does information matter? Transparency and demand for accountability in Ghana's natural resource revenue management. Ecological Economics. Download (journal); Replication data 
  • Le Billon, Philippe and Päivi Lujala 2020. Environmental and land defenders: Global patterns and determinants of repression. Global Environmental Change. Download (journal); Replication data. 
  • 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 56(12): 2135-2153. Open access; Replication data.
  • Lujala, Päivi and John Narh 2020. Ghana’s Minerals Development Fund Act: Addressing the Needs of Mining Communities. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 38(2):183-200. Download (journal); Download (from May 19, 2021)
  • Kasimba, Sam and Päivi Lujala 2020. Examining Host Communities’ Perceptions on Trust Funds as Corporate Strategies for Community Development in Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies. Open access
  • 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
  • ​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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