This report explores common resource governance successes and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conclude that policymakers, parliamentarians, civil society, media and regional institutions must focus on narrowing the implementation gap between extractive sector laws and actual practice, which will help to restore trust between government, communities and investors and thus strengthen sustainable management of natural resources. 

  

   

   

   

Fiscal rules—permanent quantitative constraints on government finances—are an important tool to help mitigate the macroeconomic challenges associated with managing natural resource revenues. This paper sheds light on large gaps in compliance and oversight of fiscal rules, and provides policy recommendations on how fiscal rules can be further strengthened.

This brief highlights some of the implementation challenges of Petroleum Revenue Management Act provisions. It makes recommendations to improve petroleum revenue management in Ghana in the future.

This case study discusses the diversification of Botswana’s economy away from mineral extraction. Revenues from the country’s vast diamond reserves are expected to decline rapidly in the 2020s, and while the government has pursued efforts to minimize resource dependence, results have been mixed. The study concludes with lessons learnt for other countries pursuing effective resource governance.