Resource curse or resource disease? Oil in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6026113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominik Kopiński (0000-0002-5826-7942), Andrzej Polus (0000-0002-6305-1599), Wojciech Tycholiz (0000-0002-9494-8497, Science Applications International Corporation (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 449 |
| Pages | 583-601 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adt056 |
| OpenAlex | W2055099438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
Ghana has recently joined the ranks of oil-producing states with a projected output of 120,000 barrels per day. This has greatly elevated hopes among the general public, but also sparked fears of a ‘Nigerian scenario’ in which oil becomes a problem rather than a solution. This article argues that Ghana, as a latecomer to the oil industry, may possess a structural immunity against the natural resource curse. The argument centres on three main factors: the country's stable political system, its relatively robust and diversified economy, and the strength of civil society. As a result, the usual symptoms linked to oil extraction across the developing world are unlikely to turn the country upside down. Instead, we suggest that the ‘curse’ should be perceived as a treatable ‘disease’. The article pursues this analogy by showing that, since the discovery of oil, Ghana has been strengthening its ‘immune system’ through a new legal framework, improvements in transparency and accountability, and modest attempts to strengthen non-resource sectors of the economy.
Curse · Library science · Medical education · Political science · Resource (disambiguation) · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Medicine · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development
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| Citations per year | 2.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |