Warw Note: Natural Resource Management Capacity in West Africa: The Role of Civil Society and Media

Following is a brief on the role of CSOs and the media in the transparent, accountable, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources in West African countries. This brief is part of the output of a seven-country capacity needs assessment carried out between September 2007 and June 2008 for the West African Resource Watch (WARW), an affiliate of the Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA). WARW is part of OSIWA’s.............Download Document

Warw Note: Natural Resource Management Capacity in West Africa: Summary of Country Evaluations Summary of Country Evaluations

Why transparent,accountable, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources, and why now? Even though West African countries are natural resource-rich, with vast deposits of solid minerals and oil/gas as well as abundant marine and forest resources, most are poor, unstable and therefore suffer from the so-called ‘resource-curse’ disease...............Download Document

Warw Note: Oil and Gas in West Africa

This brief on the importance and role of oil/gas in the national economies of West African countries and globally is part of the output of a seven-country capacity needs assessment carried out between September 2007 and June 2008 for the West African Resource Watch (WARW), an affiliate of the Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA). WARW is part of OSIWA’s promotional programme for improved governance and economic................... Download Document

Warw Note: Natural Resource Management in West Africa: The Role of the Public Sector

Following is a brief on the role of public the sector in the transparent, accountable, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources in West African countries. This brief is part of the output of a seven-country capacity needs assessment carried out between September 2007 and June 2008 for West African Resource Watch (WARW), an affiliate of the Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA).WARW is part of OSIWA’s promotional................Download Document

Warw Note: Natural Resource Management in West Africa: The Role of the Academia

This brief on the role of academic institutions (academia) in the transparent, accountable, equitable and sustainable management of natural resources in West African countries is part of the output of a seven-country capacity needs assessment carried out between September 2007 and June 2008 for the West African Resource Watch (WARW), an affiliate of the Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA). WARW is part of OSIWA’s promotional...................Download Document

 Warw Note: Solid Minerals in West Africa

Following is a brief on the importance and role of solid minerals in the national economies of West African countries and globally. The brief is part of the output of a seven-country capacity needs assessment carried out between September 2007 and June 2008 in West Africa, for the West African Resource Watch (WARW), an affiliate of the Open Society Institute of West Africa (OSIWA) as part of its promotional programme............................Download Document