Ghana conference urges transparency and accountability of petroleum resources in Africa, effective use of revenue for economic growth

ACCRA, 15 March 2011 – It is up to the African governments to make sure there is  full transparency and accountability of resources, including in the petroleum sector, and that they are used effectively to generate revenues for economic growth, said participants at an international policy conference that ended in Accra today… Read more

Related Papers and Presentations:

Welcoming address Director-General Kandeh K.Yumkella (PDF)

Welcoming address  President of Ghana John Evans Atta Mills (PDF)

Welcoming address Minister of Trade and Industry Hannah Tetteh (PDF)

Resources and Economic Growth: Is Africa (Ghana) Different?
by Thorvaldur Gylfason (PDF)   (PPP)

If diversification is good, why don’t countries diversify more? The political economy of diversification in resource rich countries.
by Arne Wiig and Ivar Kolstad (PDF)   (PPP)

Revenue Management Corruption Challenges and Redistribution
by Inge Amundsen (PDF)   (PPP)

Strategic Dispute Dynamics and Resolution: Government, Business and Non-state Actor Interfaces
by Ambassador Peter Jenkins (PDF)   (PPP)

Negotiating Skills for Conflict Resolution
by Sir Stewart Eldon (PDF)   (PPP)

How Empowering Ghanaians Can Help Ghana Avoid an Oily Mess
by Susan Ariel Aaronson (PDF)  (PPP)

Promoting legal mineral trade in Africa: new policy approaches
by Harrison Mitchell, Marie Lintzer, Nicholas Garrett (PDF)   (PPP)

The Economics of Mineral Ownership Rights, Negotiations and Legal Issues
by Fred T. Cawood (PDF)  (PPP)

West Africa’s Potential Dubai
by Kandeh K. Yumkella  (PDF)

National Systems of Innovation (NSI): measurement and implications for science technology and innovation policy in Ghana
by Ritin Koria and Sabine Köszegi (PDF)   (PPP)

Dealing with the Dutch Disease in a fragile political economy environment
by Herbert M'Cleod (PDF)   (PPP)

Strategic Resources and Their Management: The Oil Find in Ghana
by Joe Asamoah (PPP)

Managing Natural Resources for Development
by Kamil Kamaluddeen (PPP)

Health Challenges in a Petroleum Rich Economy
by Daniel Kertesz (PPP)

Oil & Gas Development & Health in Ghana
by Edith Clark (PPP)

For more information on the conference, please contact:
Frank L. Bartels
UNIDO Coordinator
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For more information on UNIDO, please contact:
Mikhail Evstafyev
UNIDO Advocacy and Communication Coordinator
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