Contents: Collaborative governance and its relevance for extractive industries in africa -- Improving the management of mineral resources for sustainable development in africa -- Social policy and state revenues in mineral-rich countries in africa -- Analysis of governance in the Ghanaian mining sector -- Labour specialization and sustenance of artisanal mining activity in ghana -- Whither sustainable small and medium scale mining in Guyana? -- The Challenges of petroleum revenues: Ghana, corruption, and institutions -- The Management of strategic resources: the oil and gas find in Ghana -- Enhancing collaborative governance of extractive industries in africa: the way forward.