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Table 1 Core official health agencies operating in a resource curse environment, with their respective attributes pertaining to health services

From: Oil for health in sub-Saharan Africa: health systems in a 'resource curse' environment

Agencies

Defining values and operating principles

Legitimacy or operational space

Governmental health agencies

social contract, community leadership, laws and regulations

political and administrative mandate over the considered territory

Non-profit non-governmental organisations e.g.: local or international NGOs, faith-based organisations, voluntary organisations

e.g.: altruism, solidarity, humanitarian principles

e.g.: humanitarian space

Corporate oil sector, including transnational corporations

maximal financial return on investment; corporate social responsibility

operating permit from regulators; social license to operate within 'host' communities