Governance of the Petroleum Sector in an Emerging Developing Economy

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Contents: Foreword, Farouk Al-Kasim Preface Introduction, Kwaku Appiah-Adu Part I Turning Oil and Gas Wealth into Sustainable and Equitable Development: Managing the extractive resource, Stephen K. Donyinah Revenue management in the oil and gas sector, Kwaku Appiah-Adu and Francis Mensah Sasraku Ghana's petroleum revenue management law a social contract for good economic governance and possible challenges, Joe Amoako-Tuffour and Mangowa A. Ghanney Risks in gas-power project financing, Francis Mensah Sasraku. Part II Entrenching Transparency and Stakeholder Engagement: Towards good governance in Ghana's petroleum sector, Kwaku Appiah-Adu and Nana Kegya Appiah-Adu Civil society and the evolution of accountability in the petroleum sector, Patrick R.P. Heller Can Ghana avoid the resource curse?, Inge Amundsen. Part III Effective Management of the Oil and Gas Sector: Ghana's present legal framework for upstream petroleum production, Ama Jantuah Banful Petroleum economics - Ghana's petroleum tax regime and its strategic implications, Francis Mensah Sasraku Maximizing national development from the oil and gas sector through local value-add: extracting from an extractive industry, Anthony E. Paul Natural gas as a source for downstream industrial development, Kerston Coombs. Part IV Safeguarding Security and the Environment: Oil and gas issues: the environment, health, safety and community engagement, Samuel Aning Oil and gas security issues, Samuel Aning. Part V Country Specific Models and Lessons for Ghana and Other African Oil-Producing Nations: The Trinidad and Tobago model: learnings for Ghana and Africa, Anthony E. Paul The main attributes of the Norwegian approach, Farouk Al-Kasim The Norwegian experience: potential lessons for Ghana and other African countries, Kwaku Appiah-Adu Conclusion, Kwaku Appiah-Adu Index.