Graduation Year
2019
Date of Submission
4-2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
William Ascher
Terms of Use & License Information
Rights Information
© 2019 John W Nikolaou
Abstract
Natural resource development has tremendous potential to create inclusive economic growth in countries well-endowed with oil, mineral, and agricultural resources. At the same time, natural resource development can cause negative environmental externalities, and, in several cases, extractives companies can engage in labor abuse.
The intersection of the government’s and the corporation’s interest can lie in Corporate Social Responsibility Projects.This thesis will analyze an alternative model of CSR: community development agreements (CDAs). CDAs are voluntary, or sometimes government mandated, agreements between the project developer and the project affected community that define company commitments to issues such as environmental impact mitigation, benefit sharing, and local employment, for example. The objective of this thesis is to review the theoretical underpinnings of CDA process, analyze the application of CDAs in several case studies, and develop a framework of best practices for CDAs based on those analyses.
Recommended Citation
Nikolaou, John, "Developing a model for effective community development agreements in the extractive industries" (2019). CMC Senior Theses. 2142.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2142
Included in
Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, Natural Resources Law Commons, Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Commons
