Corporate social responsibility: an oversocialised view of multinational corporations in Africa?

A Swiss‐Army Knife? A Critical Assessment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Ghana

“…In places like the Niger Delta, years of oil exploration has little to show for the average citizen even though oil companies have a great deal of social responsibility activities meant to better the lives of people (see Agbonifo ; Frynas ; Idemudia ; Rwabizambuga ). Other African countries such as South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, and Ghana still have to do more work to ensure that business practices facilitate sustainable development instead of inhibiting it (Forstarter et al ).…”

Foreign policy analysis, globalisation and non-state actors: state-centric after all?

“…Moreover, since NSAs' activities often take place in regions of potential interest to (their own or other) national governments, they are likely to at least indirectly influence states' foreign policies -if only by unintentionally hampering (or facilitating) them. For instance, firms' activities can obstruct development (Agbonifo 2011) and fuel war economies in protracted conflicts (Heupel 2006), but they can also be crucial allies in governments' efforts to foster development or end armed violence (Wolf et al 2007). Moreover, a corporation's home state and its host state do not necessarily have shared interests.…”