Extractives

Evidence Synthesis on the impact of extractives on political settlements and conflict in East Africa

is a new research opportunity with the Department for International Development. As usual, I had no idea what extractives are. Turns out an extractive is (logically enough) something that can be extracted. In the case of this research this means primarily oil or gas, and the research is looking into the extent to which the discovery of oil and gas in East Africa has resulted in a resource curse, otherwise known as the Dutch disease.