factors at play behind these conflicts, notably the combination of resource scarcity with a crisis of governance that is … mechanized farming areas, oil infrastructure, and other private investments. In their analysis of natural resource governance in … concerning natural resources has undermined governance of these resources. While conflicts between farmers and herders were …

volatility in the realms of natural resource (NR) governance and devolution in contemporary Sudan, with particular reference to … both state agents and the rural population, and certain problems of governance that are characteristic but not unique to … Sudan. In particular, we argue that volatility is a dimension of poor governance worthy of investigation in its own right …