Sudden oil wealth sounds like a winning lottery ticket, but too often, it breeds corruption, economic dislocation and conflict.  Barbara Borst examines Ghana’s efforts to buck the trend. By Barbara Borst In Ghana, citizen groups began pushing for accountability soon after oil was discovered off the country’s southwest coast in 2007, and they redoubled their efforts when the oil, and the cash, started to flow in December 2010. Interviews with Ghanaian activists in 2012 revealed their determination to make the short list of countries that use natural resources to lift the whole society, not just … Continue reading Ghanaians gain ground on oil wealth accountability