In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice &...

This paper investigates the economic impacts of the mining sector on household expenditures. Employing the difference-in-differences model and the Mongolia Household Socio-Economic Survey data from 2008 to 2016, I find that the mining activities benefited local residents. Specifically, mining...

The fishery activity contributes greatly to value added, labour creation and poverty reduction. Nevertheless, many fish stocks have been collapsing due to overfishing and governance inefficiency. In Morocco, in addition to its fragility and instability, the stock of octopus for example has not...