The Public Interest and Accountability Committee and Petroleum Politics in Ghana

What is it about?

Developing countries have become the hub for new governance instruments geared towards making natural resources work for development. Despite the growth of such governance instruments, we know very little about their politics. This article takes on this subject by offering the first account of Ghana's Public Interest and Accountability Committee and how it has shaped, or being shaped, by domestic and foreign politics

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Why is it important?

This is the first account of the politics of ideas and norms that shaped Ghana's Public Interest and Accountability Committee. It is followed with a piercing critique of private governance initiatives that presumes that institutions that are de-linked from the state are immune from elite manipulation

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