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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426048603321

Autore

Muhongo Rukonge Sospeter

Titolo

Energy justice : a local content analytical framework for sub-Saharan Africa / / Rukonge Sospeter Muhongo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-61338-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 244 p. 6 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Energy, Climate and the Environment

Disciplina

354.3

Soggetti

Environmental policy

Sociology

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Local Content an Introduction -- Chapter 2. The different Aspect of Local Content -- Chapter 3. Local Content and the Energy Justice Framework -- Chapter 4. In-Depth Synopsis of Local Content Literature -- Chapter 5. Country Case Studies -- chapter 6. Creating a Regional Content Policy -- Chapter 7. Regional Content Policy Implications -- Chapter 8. Regional Content and Beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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.