Overview
- Discusses energy justice in Sub-Saharan Africa relating to gas and oil industries
- Explores the role of local content policies in natural resource management
- Argues for the integration of local populations in the oil and gas industry
Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores local content policies and their role in natural resource management within the realm of energy justice. Based on several country case studies it discusses the role of regional integration for such policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Energy justice has been widely applied across different aspects of development, but here the principles of justice are specifically integrated with the management and implementation of oil and gas projects. Such an analysis offers novel means of implementing policies in local regions, moving away from a one-size fits all approach that leads to the ineffective transplantation of policies from developed economies to developing Sub-Saharan economies.
The book argues that with a regional approach, Sub-Saharan Africa can leverage natural resources, industrial parks, supplier clusters, regional financing mechanisms and regional training facilities which would drive down the costs of production, increase efficiency and integrate the local Sub-Saharan population into the oil and gas industry. This would result in the benefits as well as the environmental concerns and responsibilities intrinsic to these industries, being spread more equally amongst local and none local stakeholders.
This book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students as well as policy makers and practitioners in the areas of extractive industry-related disciplines energy governance, and economic development in Africa.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rukonge Sospeter Muhongo is a visiting lecturer at the University of Eduardo Mondlane in Mozambique, and a local content consultant. He holds a PhD in Oil Gas Law from the University of Dundee, an LLM in Oil and Gas Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, UK and an LLB and BA Degree both from University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Energy Justice
Book Subtitle: A Local Content Analytical Framework for Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Rukonge Sospeter Muhongo
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61338-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61337-2Published: 03 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61340-2Published: 03 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61338-9Published: 02 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 244
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Sustainable Development, Energy Policy, Economics and Management