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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073OIL EXTRACTION AND PASTORAL CONFLICTS IN TURKANA COUNTY. The majority population in Turkana County, Kenya, is the Turkana people, most of whom are pastoralists. Turkana County is one of the most politically and economically marginalised counties in Kenya, which is attributable to multiple factors (Mkutu & Mdee Reference Mkutu and Mdee …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2021.100956 Corpus ID: 237661365; Oil extraction and public attitudes: A conjoint experiment in Turkana, Kenya @article{Kim2021OilEA, title={Oil extraction and public attitudes: A conjoint experiment in Turkana, Kenya}, author={Hye-Sung Kim and Kennedy Mkutu}, journal={The Extractive Industries and Society}, year={2021}, volume={8}, pages={100956} }
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073THE IMPACT OF RESOURCE EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA A.INTRODUCTION Internationally, sustainable development is defined as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs" The United Nations World Commission on …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2021.100956 Corpus ID: 237661365; Oil extraction and public attitudes: A conjoint experiment in Turkana, Kenya @article{Kim2021OilEA, title={Oil extraction and public attitudes: A conjoint experiment in Turkana, Kenya}, author={Hye‐Sung Kim and Kennedy Mkutu}, journal={The Extractive Industries and Society}, year={2021}, volume={8}, pages={100956}, …
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