Africa's New Oil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Africa's New Oil write by Celeste Hicks. This book was released on 2015-04-09. Africa's New Oil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The development of Africa's oil has greatly accelerated in recent years, with some countries looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets. But the story of African oil has usually been associated with conflict, corruption and disaster, with older producers such as Nigeria having little to show for the many billions of dollars they've earned. In this eye-opening book, former BBC correspondent Celeste Hicks questions the inevitability of the so-called resource curse, revealing what the discovery of oil means for ordinary Africans, and how China's involvement could mean a profound change in Africa's relationship with the West. A much-needed account of an issue that will likely transform the fortunes of a number of African countries – for better or for worse.
Untapped
Untapped - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Untapped write by John Hossein Ghazvinian. This book was released on 2007. Untapped available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. To find out how the new oil boom is affecting Africa, Ghazvinian traveled the country for a firsthand look. The result is a high-octane narrative that reveals the challenges, obstacles, reasons for despair, and reasons for hope emerging from the worlds newest energy hot spot.
Poisoned Wells
Poisoned Wells - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poisoned Wells write by Nicholas Shaxson. This book was released on 2007-03-20. Poisoned Wells available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars' worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the entire African continent. Yet the rising tide of oil money is not promoting stability and development, but is instead causing violence, poverty, and stagnation. It is also generating vast corruption that reaches deep into American and European economies. In Poisoned Wells, Nicholas Shaxson exposes the root causes of this paradox of poverty from plenty, and explores the mechanisms by which oil causes grave instabilities and corruption around the globe. Shaxson is the only journalist who has had access to the key players in African oil, and is willing to make the connections between the problems of the developing world and the involvement of leading global corporations and governments.
Africa's New Energy Producers
Africa's New Energy Producers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Africa's New Energy Producers write by Jennifer G. Cooke. This book was released on 2015-02-05. Africa's New Energy Producers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sub-Saharan Africa is on the verge of an energy boom. New discoveries off the East and West coasts have raised hopes of significant revenues that can accelerate poverty reduction and enhance Africa’s status as a destination for industrial investment. The question that African governments, citizens, and international partners confront is whether this time will—or can—be different. Can the harsh lessons offered by Africa’s more established producers and the continent’s previous energy booms be learned?
The Scramble for African Oil
The Scramble for African Oil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scramble for African Oil write by Douglas A. Yates. This book was released on 2012-01-15. The Scramble for African Oil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Africa is often seen as a place to be pitied or feared as an area of instability. This book challenges these complacent assumptions, showing how our demand for oil contributes to the chronic problems plaguing the continent. Douglas A. Yates shows how the "scramble" by the great powers for African oil has fed corruption and undermined democracy. Yates documents how Africans have refused to remain passive in the face of such developments, forming movements to challenge this new attempt at domination. This book is an urgent challenge to our understanding of Africa, raising questions about the consequences of our reliance on foreign resources. It will be vital reading for all those studying development and global political economy.
