Transnational Initiatives Towards Natural Resource Governance In Africa Post-2015

Abstract

The 21st century is marked by a welcome proliferation of innovative forms of
natural resource governance to advance sustainable development. This article
sheds light on the background for this quite remarkable and unanticipated
shift. It analyses the prospects for AMV advocacy and adoption by emerging
state and non-state actors by the end of this decade, both in Africa and beyond.
It examines these evolving perspectives and debates vis á vis 21st century
globalization. It also identifies the unexpected and unprecedented range of
transnational governance initiatives that have been proposed since the turn
of the century. These continue to proliferate and compete, being refined in the
process as the problematic notion of global governance continues to be a
subject of considerable debate. It also extends the range of developmental
challenges to include the burgeoning water-energy-food nexus.