The resurgent economic and geopolitical importance of Africa is evidenced by the growing investment by China, India, the United States, Brazil, and other countries in the continent's various natural resources sectors, such as oil, biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and minerals. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the governance of natural resources in Africa and new insights for readers as they navigate the burgeoning research on global governance initiatives and regional and national strategies. Moreover, by carefully examining both theoretical and policy-related debates (and drawing upon public opinion data in countries such as Angola and
South Sudan), the book makes important connections between theory and practice surrounding natural resource sectors. Consequently, it offers scholars, graduate students, policy-makers, think tank researchers, and media with a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the current research being conducted on the governance of natural resources in Africa.

J. Andrew Grant is an associate professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada, and a faculty associate with the Queen's Southern African Research Centre. He is the recipient of an Early Researcher Award from the Government of Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation for his research on governance issues in mineral resource sectors.
W. R. Nadège Compaoré is a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada graduate scholar in the Department of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada. Her current research investigates the political economy of transparency in oil sectors and draws upon extensive field work conducted in Gabon, Ghana, and South Africa.
 
Matthew I. Mitchell is an assistant professor at Saint Paul University, Canada. His research on governance, migration, and violent conflict in natural resource sectors in West Africa has been published in several scholarly venues, such as African Studies Review, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Conflict, Security, and Development, and Journal of Contemporary African Studies.

PART I: INTRODUCTION: THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
1. 'New' Approaches to the Governance of Africa's Natural Resources; J. Andrew Grant, W. R. Nadège Compaoré, Matthew I. Mitchell, and Mats Ingulstad
2. Interrogating the 'Good' in 'Good Governance': Rethinking Natural Resource Governance Theory and Practice in Africa; Mari-Lise du Preez

PART II: GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN AFRICA'S OIL SECTOR
3. The Rise and Fall of Oil-Rentier States in Africa; Douglas Yates
4. Access to Information and Transparency Provisions in Petroleum Laws in Africa: A Comparative Analysis; Peter G. Veit and Carole Excell
5. Micro Level Effects of Oil Resources: Insights from a Survey of Angolan Microcredit Clients; Allan Cain, Ivar Kolstad, and Arne Wiig
6. Bridging the Governance Gap in South Sudan: Connecting Policymakers to Populations in Africa's Newest Oil-Producing Country; Conrad Winn, Melissa Jennings, and Matthew I. Mitchell

PART III: GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES IN AFRICA'S NON PETROLEUM NATURAL RESOURCE SECTORS
7.Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Mining: From Engagement to Development in Ghana; Hevina S. Dashwood and Bill Buenar Puplampu
8. Network Governance and the African Timber Organization: Prospects for Regional Forestry Governance in Africa; J. Andrew Grant, Dianne Balraj, Jeremy Davison, and Georgia Mavropoulos-Vagelis
9. Refocusing Governance from the 'Bottom-Up': Understanding the Gendered Dynamics of Land Deals for Biofuel Development in Kenya and Tanzania; Andrea Collins
10. Casting the Net Widely: Effective Governance and the Contribution of Fisheries to the Development of African Countries; Ussif Rashid Sumaila and Dawit Tesfamichael
11. Hydropolitics and Transboundary River Basin Management Nuances in the Southern African Development Community;Anthony Turton

PART IV: CONCLUDING REMARKS: NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
12. Global and Local Challenges and Opportunities: Reflections on China and the Governance of African Natural Resources; Christopher Alden and Ana Cristina Alves
13. Prospects and Trends in the Governance of Africa's Natural Resources: From Resource Conflicts to the Role of External and Internal Actors; J. Andrew Grant, W. R. Nadège Compaoré, Matthew I. Mitchell, and Timothy M. Shaw