Understanding Corruption And Social Norms A Case Study In Natural Resource Management

Author : Richard Nash,Cheyanne Sharbatke-Church,Zita Toribio,Peter Woodrow,Derick W. Brinkerhoff
Publisher : RTI Press
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Understanding Corruption and Social Norms: A Case Study in Natural Resource Management by Richard Nash,Cheyanne Sharbatke-Church,Zita Toribio,Peter Woodrow,Derick W. Brinkerhoff Pdf

Corruption undermines many outcomes across development sectors, yet little is known about how social norms drive corruption or undermine anticorruption efforts in sector work. The conservation sector is no exception. The current study examined corruption and social norms related to infrastructure investments and site planning decisions and their subsequent effect on conservation outcomes. The study focused on the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park, one of four protected areas under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL) project in the Philippines, implemented by RTI International. Based on a site visit, key informant interviews, and extensive document analysis, our findings elucidate a unique governance structure that enabled project partners to navigate the significant corruption risks present. Direct social norms were not found to be driving corrupt decision making. However, indirect norms played a role by dictating inaction or silence—powerful behaviors—in the face of abuse of entrusted power for personal gain. Our analysis highlights the challenges and importance of having practitioners clearly define and understand what they mean by “corruption” as well as the importance of undertaking a systems analysis that incorporates the influence of social norms on behaviors within that system.

Author : K. Hanson,C. D'Alessandro,F. Owusu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137365613

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Managing Africa's Natural Resources by K. Hanson,C. D'Alessandro,F. Owusu Pdf

The authors investigate well-known concerns in natural resource management in Africa while focusing on the capacity dimension of the problems. They examine dynamics of leadership, governance, criminality, structural transformation, as well as emerging issues such as green growth.

Author : Barney Warf
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030034788

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Global Corruption from a Geographic Perspective by Barney Warf Pdf

This monograph explores the nature of corruption around the world from a geographic perspective. It focuses on historical context and cultural factors. Readers will learn that though corruption is pervasive, geography greatly shapes its character. This book will offer a better understanding of the level of corrupt activity in any given country. The book analyzes an array of countries and regions. Coverage ranges from democratic societies, where corruption is low due to high rates of literacy and a free press, to the most corrupt places, where centralized power structures and lack of a free media allow corruption to unfold unimpeded. Anti-corruption campaigns and their effectiveness are also reflected upon. In addition to data from Transparency International, the text examines relevant political events. In each case, the analysis focuses on the major actors and institutions involved; the cultural norms that often regard corruption as a normal part of doing business; and the attempts by foreign and domestic actors to minimize corruption. This book will help readers better understand the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as its type and severity varies widely across the planet. It will appeal to students, researchers, policy makers, and interested general readers.

Author : Dilys Roe,Fred Nelson,Chris Sandbrook
Publisher : IIED
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 9781843697558

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Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa by Dilys Roe,Fred Nelson,Chris Sandbrook Pdf

Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.

Author : Rebecca Jean McLain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : MINN:31951D02981230E

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Incorporating Understanding of Informal Economic Activity in Natural Resource and Economic Development Policy by Rebecca Jean McLain Pdf

This report synthesizes the literature on the role of informal economic activity in the United States postindustrial economy. Informal economic activity is expanding in the United States and is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. The formal and informal economic sectors are inextricably intertwined, with individuals and households combining elements of both sectors to construct their livelihoods. Although the informal economy is often thought of as the domain of economically marginal individuals and households, virtually everyone participates in the informal economy to some extent. However, the literature highlights how factors such as social status and household position in the formal economy affect whether participation in informal economic activity is exploitative or empowering. The nontimber forest products sector serves as a case study of why it is important to consider informal economic activity when developing natural resource and economic development policy. We recommend steps policymakers can take to identify and encourage positive aspects of the informal economic activity. We also highlight several areas of research to improve understandings of the role of informal economic activity in postindustrial societies.

Author : Rebecca J. McLain
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781437927146

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Incorporating Understanding of Informal Economic Activity in Natural Resource and Economic Development Policy by Rebecca J. McLain Pdf

This report synthesizes the literature on the role of informal economic activity (IEA) in the U.S. post-industrial economy. The literature highlights how factors such as social status and household position in the formal economy affect whether participation in informal economic activity is exploitative or empowering. The non-timber forest products sector serves as a case study of why it is important to consider IEA when developing natural resource and economic development policy. The authors recommend steps policymakers can take to identify and encourage positive aspects of the IEA. They also highlight several areas of research to improve understandings of the role of IEA in postindustrial societies. Charts and tables.

Author : Aled Williams,Philippe Le Billon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785361203

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Corruption, Natural Resources and Development by Aled Williams,Philippe Le Billon Pdf

This book provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analyzing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed.

Author : Maria Brockhaus
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 9783865376459

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Potentials and Obstacles in the Arena of Conflict and Natural Resource Management by Maria Brockhaus Pdf

Author : Andreas Bergh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783473502

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Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State by Andreas Bergh Pdf

This book tackles a number of controversial questions regarding Swedenês economic and political development: «¾¾¾¾ How did Sweden become rich? «¾¾¾¾ How did Sweden become egalitarian? «¾¾¾¾ Why has Sweden since the early 1990s grown faster tha

Author : Hemant R. Ojha,Ram B. Chhetri
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552503713

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Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources by Hemant R. Ojha,Ram B. Chhetri Pdf

In recent years, knowledge systems have become key areas of concern for researchers, policy-makers and developmental activists. Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources is a unique collection of case studies from Nepal. It provides rich and incisive insights into critical social processes and deliberative governance. It analyses how knowledge is produced, disseminated and applied in various aspects of natural resource governance in Nepal. The book challenges the dichotomy between traditional and scientific knowledge. It proposes to differentiate among systems of knowledge on the basis of political standing of social actors engaged in natural resource governance. It further proposes that change in governance hinges on how the diverse systems of knowledge come into deliberative interface and to what extent the unequal distribution of power and knowledge resources in society constrain the process of deliberation.

Author : Michael Johnston
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0761831258

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Civil Society and Corruption by Michael Johnston Pdf

Strong civil societies play a major role in controlling corruption in many societies, and reformers agree that citizens, both individual and organized, should be involved in reform. But accomplishing that goal has proven difficult. Some civil societies are weak, divided, and impoverished. In others, undemocratic regimes dominate through intimidation. And in still others, development difficulties, international debt, and misguided aid efforts stop reform before it can begin. Too often, anti-corruption campaigns do not engage social values or attack corruption as people experience it every day. This volume, based on a yearlong series of events sponsored by Colgate University's Center for Ethics and World Societies, analyzes civil society and corruption from several perspectives and in several parts of the world. One section considers corruption as a fact of everyday life, a second analyzes techniques and incentives involved in mobilizing civil society, and a third provides a unique guide to information resources on corruption and reform.

Author : Aliya Tskhay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030414528

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Global Norm Compliance by Aliya Tskhay Pdf

This book examines the implementation of, the spread of, and compliance with emerging global norms. Based on empirical country studies on the implementation of transparency norms defined by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – a multi-stakeholder process seeking to promote global standards for the transparent and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources –, it investigates the various factors and motivations affecting actors with regard to norm compliance. The book demonstrates that compliance with global norms depends on a combination of various factors, including motivations and conditions for introducing norms into the domestic political space; local actors’ level of commitment to the norm; and their capacity for norm compliance. Given its scope, the book will appeal to all international relations scholars interested in processes of norm localisation, compliance, and contestation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kasparek Verlag
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783925064470

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Co-management of Natural Resources by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rob B. Dellink,Arjan Ruijs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402083033

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Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural-Resource Use by Rob B. Dellink,Arjan Ruijs Pdf

Reduction of poverty is a tremendous and persistent challenge for the global community. Given that the livelihood of millions is at stake, there is an urgent need to reconsider the causes of and the remedies for poverty. Poverty and its reduction are closely linked to the natural-resources base. The quality and bounty of the local environment certainly affect living conditions of the poor and their poverty is often seen as a contributing factor to the degraded condition of the local environment. Teasing apart the direction of causality in this resource–poverty nexus is a serious empirical challenge. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the economic dimensions of environmental and natural-resource management and poverty alleviation. The ten chapters of the book offer an overview of the current knowledge concerning the relation between poverty, environment and natural-resource use. Three sides of the debate receive particular attention. First, the relation between resource use and poverty is discussed from a theoretical point of view. Second, it is questioned whether payments for environmental services or considering values of resources can be an effective tool for stimulating both sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation. Third, alternative strategies to break the land degradation–poverty cycle are discussed.

Author : Obasesam Okoi,Victoria R Nalule
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781003830184

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Governing Natural Resources for Sustainable Peace in Africa by Obasesam Okoi,Victoria R Nalule Pdf

This book examines the dynamics of natural resource conflicts in Africa and explores the different governance approaches for securing sustainable peace. One of the most prominent challenges facing Africa today is the consequences of natural resource extraction. While these resources hold the potential for economic transformation across Africa, their extraction also comes with a range of environmental, social, and economic consequences, including issues related to governance. This book assembles a unique cohort of peacebuilding, environmental justice, and sustainable development scholars and practitioners from Africa and beyond to examine the dynamics of natural resource conflict and explore the governance approaches that offer pathways for sustainable peace in Africa. Drawing on case studies and empirical lessons from the Horn of Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, East Africa, and the Central Sahel region, along with the African Union, the multidisciplinary contributors offer fresh insights into the nature of natural resource conflict in Africa, delve deeper into the complexities of natural resource governance, and highlight the interplay between resource governance and sustainable peace. By shedding light not only on Africa’s experiences and vulnerabilities but also on the challenges of natural resource governance, this book fills a crucial gap in understanding the connection between natural resource governance, conflict, and pathways for sustainable peace in Africa. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of natural resource governance, peace and conflict studies, environmental policy and justice, sustainable development, security studies and African studies more widely.