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Q&A: Avoiding the Resource Curse in Uganda

By Peter Veit and Florence Landsberg on April 8, 2011

The following Q&A and photo essay originally appeared on allAfrica.com, and are reposted with permission.

Avoiding the Resource Curse: Spotlight on Uganda Oil

By Janet Ranganathan, Alisa Zomer and Peter Veit on October 19, 2010

Can new SEC disclosure rules help bring transparency to Uganda’s oil sector?

Momentum Builds for Gaining the Consent of Indigenous Peoples

By Kirk Herbertson on May 5, 2010

Extractive industries explore the benefits of acquiring consent for their projects.

Maps Guide Water and Sanitation Planning in Africa

By Norbert Henninger and Florence Landsberg on October 8, 2009

State of the art GIS maps shed new light on Uganda’s development challenges.

Stopping the Resource Wars in Africa

By Sarah McHaney and Peter Veit on August 10, 2009

Two upcoming Senate bills could have a big impact on the Democratic Republic of Congo, by exposing how its 10-year conflict is being funded.

Representing Rural Voices in Africa

By Arisha Ashraf on October 3, 2008

A new WRI report presents new research on the importance of working with African legislatures for long-term social and environmental improvements.

Smart U.S. Climate Change Policy Can Create Fair Playing Field on Trade

May 21, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S. climate change policy can reduce emissions and ensure fair international competition without carbon tariffs, through pursuing international agreements on key industries and targeting relief specifically to impacted domestic firms.

Food Price Crisis Triggers Questions about Global Food Security

By Zachary Sugg on April 25, 2008

Skyrocketing food prices have triggered riots across the developing world and forced the world’s largest food aid agency to confront a $500 million deficit. The media are focused on short-term consequences, but there are also concerns about the long-term forecast for global food security, poverty, and hunger.

Poor in Senegal Denied Benefits of Forest Resources

By Jesse Ribot on March 17, 2008

In many developing countries, forestry policies systematically exclude the poor from the wealth of the forests around them. Senegal provides an interesting example of how even good policies can fail to deliver the benefits they are intended to provide.

Unfair Forestry Policies Abet Poverty, Finds New Study

March 13, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Unfair government policies fail to benefit poor people who live in the forests of many developing countries. Those same policies fail even to protect forests, according to a new study.

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