Measuring What? "Success" and "Failure" in Ghana's Oil Industry

Obeng-Odoom, F

Measuring What? "Success" and "Failure" in Ghana's Oil Industry

Obeng-Odoom, F

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Society and Natural Resources, 2014, 27 (6), pp. 656 - 670
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Obeng-Odoom, F https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-7751	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Society and Natural Resources, 2014, 27 (6), pp. 656 - 670	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0894-1920	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30279
dc.description.abstract	This article analyzes the dominant ways in which questions of oil prospecting, exploration, and production are framed and outcomes measured. Using the case of Ghana, a critical institutional approach, and drawing on multiple sources of data, it shows how existing policy overlooks the structural complexities of distribution, empowerment, and corruption. Willing local institutions can make a difference, but they too have structural impediments to overcome. Thus, for now, grand statements about "success" or "failure" in the management and use of oil economies need to be taken with caution. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Society and Natural Resources	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/08941920.2014.888790	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Ecology	en_US
dc.title	Measuring What? "Success" and "Failure" in Ghana's Oil Industry	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	6	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	27	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
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This article analyzes the dominant ways in which questions of oil prospecting, exploration, and production are framed and outcomes measured. Using the case of Ghana, a critical institutional approach, and drawing on multiple sources of data, it shows how existing policy overlooks the structural complexities of distribution, empowerment, and corruption. Willing local institutions can make a difference, but they too have structural impediments to overcome. Thus, for now, grand statements about "success" or "failure" in the management and use of oil economies need to be taken with caution. © 2014 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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