Category School of Social & Economics Studies

by Jacob Dut Chol Riak Abstract The study robustly examines the role of the United Nations in South Sudanese state-building and failure. In South Sudanese state building, the United Nations family of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United…

by Jacob Dut Chol Riak Abstract State crafting, dysfunctionality and failure is an interesting and an emerging area in political studies as well as international affairs. This area has been remotely examined by both African and Western scholars. The paper…

Jacob Dut Chol Riak, PhD. Abstract Institutions have surfaced as engine of any government. While the government is the product of the state, it must be driven by the engine and in this case, the engine is the institutions and…

Jacob Dut Chol Riak Abstract One of the critical themes in oil and gas industry is energy transition from fossil fuel to renewables. While energy transition is importance for any society progress, it has been politicized. The politics is about…

Jacob Dut Chol Riak Abstract The paper argues one of the greatest subjects in oil and gas industry known as project financing of renewable and fossils related projects. The importance of project financing is to assist in implementation of the…

by Jacob Dut Chol Riak, PhD Abstract The study focuses on the politics of pipelines in South Sudan. It investigates the pipeline ownership, usage and obligations in oil and gas sector, particularly, in the context of South Sudan. The study…

By Jacob Dut Chol Riak ABSTRACT This paper argues the politics of economic rents and petroleum resources taxation in oil and gas industry. It does this through the understanding concept of economic rent, royalties, corporation tax, resource rent tax and…

by Jacob Dut Chol Riak Abstract The paper explores local content in oil and gas industry. It does so through the analysis of indicators used to measure success of local content. The paper also argues the relevance of local content…

JACOB DUT CHOL RIAK, PhD ABSTRACT The paper has argued the vitality of leadership and management in South Sudan. It does so by thought-provokingly reviewing the current situation of leadership and management in the nascent state. While the paper begun…