Natural Resource Management

Natural resources can drive corruption and corruption can be a feature of resource management. Learn about the risks and potential strategies to address them.

Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since many partner countries in development cooperation are richly endowed with natural resources, these contexts pose special challenges for donor support. Corruption risks cut across resource sectors – from oil and minerals to forests and fisheries. This U4 theme explores these issues to inform donor practice in resource-rich contexts.

This U4 Theme Page will help you, among other things, to:

• Understand what is known about the basic links between corruption and natural resources
• Get a practitioner’s view of how corruption can hinder aid effectiveness in natural resource programmes
• Appreciate how corruption can manifest itself in different natural resource sectors
• Learn about initiatives and tools that aim to address corruption in natural resource management, including their limitations