Abstract
This paper examines the legal and bureaucratic changes in the Tanzanian hydrocarbon sector between 2015 and 2020. It focuses on how temporalities shape resource governance. It argues that legislative and bureaucratic changes focused on ensuring that the state does not get a ‘bad deal’. This fear directed the Tanzanian government to utilise time in distinct ways to ensure that such an outcome would not happen. The implementation of these policies faced contradictions with broader polices pursued by the Magufuli administration, leading to paralysis within the civil service and friction among major stakeholders, ensuring that little progress toward production could occur.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 674-692 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Development Studies |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 3 Dec 2025 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 Dec 2025 |
Acknowledgements
I wish to thank Andrew Bowman and Sam Spiegel for their comments on previous drafts of this paper as a chapter in a PhD thesis. I also wish to thank my research assistant for his work during data collection and translation. Finally, I wish to thank the reviewers for insightful comments and assistance on this article. All errors and omissions are my own.Funding
This research was funded by the ESRC under the Regional Studies and Languages open PhD pathway. I wish to thank Andrew Bowman and Sam Spiegel for their comments on previous drafts of this paper as a chapter in a PhD thesis. I also wish to thank my research assistant for his work during data collection and translation. Finally, I wish to thank the reviewers for insightful comments and assistance on this article. All errors and omissions are my own.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Economic and Social Research Council |
Keywords
- Resource nationalism
- Tanzania
- anticipation
- resource governance
- temporalities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development