Toolkits & Guidance

Confronting the Curse: The Economics and Geopolitics of Natural Resource Governance

2014 | Peterson Institute for International Economics
Cullen S. Hendrix and Marcus Noland

Countries blessed with abundant natural resources often seek financial and political power from their supposedly lucky status. But the potentially negative impact of natural resources…

Benchmarks for Land Governance in Africa

2014 | International Land Coalition Africa
Tim Bending

As we plunge into land reforms on the African continent with diverse interests and players raising varied propositions, the Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy…

Natural Resource Management in Transitional Settings

2013 | UN Development Group

Conflict stems from and is fuelled by a variety of factors. Among these, natural resource related issues figure prominently. Since 1990, at least 17 violent…

Extractive Industry Source Book

2013 | World Bank Institute

Knowledge of the oil, gas and mining industries has become a subject of acute controversy as it has become clear that their activities can bring…

Livelihoods and Economic Recovery in Crisis Situations

2013 | UNDP

Disasters and violent conflicts continue to claim lives and destroy livelihoods of far too many people around the world and undermine development achievements. This can…

Foreign Investment, Law and Sustainable Development: A Handbook on Agriculture and Extractive Industries

2013 | Lorenzo Cotula (IIED)

This handbook is about how to use law to make foreign investment work for sustainable development. It aims to provide a rigorous yet accessible analysis…

Targeted Scenario Analysis: A New Approach to Capturing and Presenting Ecosystem Service Values for Decision Makers

2013 | United Nations Development Program

This guidebook provides a step-by-step introduction to Targeted Scenario Analysis (TSA), an innovative analytical approach, developed by UNDP that captures and presents the value of…

Guidance Note: Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation

2013 | UNDP

Focussing on urgent post-crisis assistance, this guidance note provides practical advice to UNDP Country Offices on how to plan, design and implement a short-term project…

Reverse the Curse: Maximizing the Potential of Resource-driven Economies

2013 | Richard Dobbs, Jeremy Oppenheim, Adam Kendall, Fraser Thompson, Martin Bratt, and Fransje van der Marel (McKinsey Global Institute)

Rising resource prices and expanded production have raised the number of countries where the resource sector represents a major share of the economy, from 58…

Creating Jobs in Africa’s Fragile States

2013 | Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani, The World Bank

In no part of the world does the need to generate employment combine more urgently with the need for stability than in Sub-Saharan Africa, home…

Community Based Problem Solving on Water Issues: Cross- Border “Priority Initiatives” of the Good Water Neighbors Project

2013 | EcoPeace and Friends of the Earth Middle East

This publication describes the 2013 efforts of the Good Water Neighbors project team to identify environmental challenges and provide feasible solutions for "Priority Initiatives" in…

Disclosing Government Payments

2013 | Ernst & Young

It is estimated that more than 3.5 billion people live in countries with extensive oil, natural gas and mineral resources. With good governance that fosters…

Integrated Trans - boundary Regional NGO Master Plan for the Lower Jordan River Basin

2013 | Royal Haskoning DHV, CORE Associates Palestine, MASAR Jordan, and DHVMED Israel

WEDO / Friend of the Earth Middle East assigned Royal HaskoningDHV / DHV B.V. on the 27th of August  2012 to undertake the Integrated Trans-boundary…

Conflict Financing: What’s Wrong with War Economies?

2013 | Mark B. Taylor (NOREF)

This report describes an approach to engaging in war economies in which informal economies meet irregular armed violence. International responses to the economic dimensions of…

Conflict Trade: Regulating Illicit Flows to and from War

2013 | Mark B. Taylor (NOREF)

This expert analysis note describes an emerging approach to regulating illicit flows of goods to and from conflict zones. The approach, based on norms of…

The Earth Security Index 2014

2013 | Earth Security Initiative

Our world is in the midst of a major geopolitical shift. New emerging powers are becoming important actors in a multi-polar international system, many of which are facing resource…

Conflict Minerals – An Evaluation of the Dodd-Frank Act and other Resource-related Measures

2013 | Institute for Applied Ecology

The analysis of the Dodd-Frank Act and further resource-related measures showed that the
root causes for conflicts in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic…

Conservation in a Wicked Complex World: Challenges and Solutions

2013 | Edward T. Game, Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil, and Eve McDonald-Madden

Most conservation challenges are complex and possess all the characteristics of so called “wicked” problems. Despite widespread recognition of this complexity conservationists possess a legacy…

Do No Harm in Land Tenure and Property Rights

2013 | Nicole Goddard and Maureen Lempke (CDA)

In situations of scarcity and unequal access, the chances for conflict and violence increase significantly. Moreover, experience has shown that even the most localized conflicts…

The Shadow Economy in Conflict-Affected Countries

2013 | Brigitte Rohwerder

Targeting the shadow economy in conflict-affected contexts is a complex task about which little is known (expert comment). This rapid literature review uncovered little focusing on…

Free Flow: Reaching Water Security Through Cooperation

2013 | UNESCO
Jacqui Griffiths & Rebecca Lambert

Conceived on the occasion of the International Year of Water Cooperation, coordinated by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, this joint publication by UNESCO and Tudor…

Doing Business in Fragile States: The Private Sector, Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa

2013 | High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Hany Besada

One area of emerging consensus is the critical importance of governance – the deficiency or effectiveness of public and private sector institutions – as the…

Climate Change Adaptation and Peacebuilding Workshop Report: Developing Conflict-Sensitivity Guidelines for Adaptation Policy in Africa

2013 | Institute for Security Studies
Debay Tadesse, Aly Lyon

“From 14 to 16 October 2013, the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis division of ISS, Addis Ababa office, the Wilson Center, IRG/Engility, and ICF International…

OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Second Edition.

2013 | OECD
OECD

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (“the Guidance”) is the first example of a collaborative…

Guía de debida diligencia de la OECD para cadenas de suministro responsables de minerals en las áreas de conflicto o de alto riesgo

2013 | OECD
OECD

La Guía de Debida Diligencia de la OCDE para Cadenas de Suministro Responsables de Minerales en las Áreas de Conflicto o de Alto Riesgo (“La…

Guide OCDE sur le devoir de diligence pour des chaînes d’approvisionnement responsables en minerais provenant de zones de conflit ou à haut risque

2013 | OECD
OECD

Le Guide OCDE sur le devoir de diligence pour des chaînes d’approvisionnement responsables en minerais provenant de zones de conflit ou à haut risque (ci-après…

Reasonable Practices to Identify Sources of Conflict Minerals: Practical Guidance for Downstream Companies

2013 | The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (cfsi)
The Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (cfsi)

This “Reasonable Practices” white paper is intended as a practical guide for downstream companies that have reporting obligations about conflict minerals that may be used…

Strengthening Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Natural Resource Management

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“Conflict arises when two or more groups believe their interests are incompatible. Conflict is not in itself a negative phenomenon. Non-violent conflict can be an…

Conflict Prevention in Resource-Rich Economies

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“Natural resource exports such as oil, diamonds and copper provide opportunities to drive growth and human development. However, extraction of these commodities can also result…

Land and Conflict

2012 | EU-UN Partnership on Land and Natural Resource Conflicts

“The role of land and natural resources in conflict is attracting increased international attention. The changing nature of violent conflict, combined with long-term demographic, economic…