Natural Resource Sovereignty and the Right to Development in Africa

Carol Chi Ngang, Serges Djoyou Kamga (University of South Africa)

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Routledge
26 August 2021

Regional studies; Development studies; Development economics; Jurisprudence & general issues; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management

This book explores the nexus between natural resources ownership and the right to development in Africa.

The right to sovereignty over natural resources and the right to development are recognised and protected in an extensive framework of international, regional and domestic instruments. They guarantee people's entitlement to fully and freely utilise their natural resources as a means of subsistence and for economic, social and cultural development. Yet, despite the abundance of natural resources in Africa a majority of the people on the continent remain largely impoverished. This book articulates the central argument that to achieve the right to development in Africa requires appropriate governance of the continent’s natural resources to which the people of Africa are guaranteed sovereign ownership. With case study illustrations from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, chapters explore the normative measures, specific guarantees and community entitlements to natural resources for the realisation of the right to development.

The book will be an invaluable guide to scholars and postgraduate students of Natural Resources, Development and African studies as well as policymakers and practitioners in these areas.

Edited by: Carol Chi Ngang, Serges Djoyou Kamga (University of South Africa)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032049069
ISBN 10: 1032049065
Series: Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 26 August 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carol Chi Ngang is a Researcher at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, South Africa and Senior Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho, and is also the editor of Insights into Policies and Practices on the Right to Development (2020) Serges Djoyou Kamga is a Professor of Law at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa and is the author of The Right to Development in the African Human Rights System (Routledge, 2018)