Natural Resource Management: Looting, Waste, Clientelism, and Incompetence

How are the natural resources of the countries in our study managed? In addition to gas and oil, Egypt extracts gypsum, marble, cement, and other resources. Morocco has phosphate, marine fishery, and other resources. In addition to the tremendous tourist flow, there are the mining basins in Tunisia. In Algeria, oil and gas are in the way of many other resources that the country abounds in. While the Sudanese are starving, their abundant resources are being plundered. The random hunting for gold in Mauritania has turned into a profession for thousands of unemployed people, although official statistics raise many questions about its fate. The same goes for the marine fishery resources…