Author profile: Jesse Salah Ovadia

Jesse Salah Ovadia is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at Newcastle University and author of the recently published The Petro-Developmental State in Africa: Making Oil Work in Angola, Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea (Hurst). You can follow him on Twitter at @js_ovadia

Is Natural Resource-Based Development Still Realistic for Africa?

Jesse Salah Ovadia • Feb 10 2016 • Articles

In a world of low oil prices, local content can make petro-development more realistic for African oil and gas producers, not less.

Thinking About Developmental States Beyond East Asia

Jesse Salah Ovadia • Mar 9 2015 • Articles

The experience of East Asian states cannot be easily replicated, as the ability of a state to undergo structural transformation is limited by the existing conditions.

The Power of IPE for Researching Energy and Natural Resources

Jesse Salah Ovadia • Apr 24 2014 • Articles

The ability of IPE scholars to understand energy through a lens that examines both the economic and political aspects of power offers great potential for analysis.

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