Participatory governance at the community level natural resource revenue management is thought to promote local stakeholders’ interests in how benefits from extraction are shared, strengthen the legitimacy of decisions, and enhance the quality of development projects financed by resource revenues. This article develops a framework to study the potential of localized participatory governance platforms in natural resource revenue management from the viewpoint of the intended beneficiaries, the local community members living in communities hosting large-scale extraction. The study focuses on local benefit-sharing trust funds that receive substantial amounts of funding to finance community development projects. Analysing in-depth two trust funds in Ghana, the article finds that the studied trust funds face three key challenges related to their participatory governance platforms: inadequate inclusion of community members in the processes that established the platforms, lack of relevant knowledge among the platform participants, and power asymmetries. The findings suggest that there is a need to include all intended platform stakeholders already in the processes leading to the platform establishment; ensure the platform’s legitimacy and independence in the eyes of the weaker stakeholders; and build capacity among the platform participants to ensure knowledge-based decisions.

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基于社区的参与式治理平台和采矿利益共享：来自加纳的证据

社区层面的参与式治理自然资源收入管理被认为可以促进当地利益相关者在如何分享开采收益方面的利益，加强决策的合法性，并提高资源收入资助的开发项目的质量。本文开发了一个框架，从目标受益者的角度研究地方参与式治理平台在自然资源收入管理中的潜力，即居住在大规模开采社区的当地社区成员。该研究侧重于地方利益分享信托基金，这些信托基金获得大量资金来资助社区发展项目。深入分析加纳的两个信托基金，文章发现，所研究的信托基金面临与其参与式治理平台相关的三个关键挑战：社区成员在建立平台的过程中的参与不足、平台参与者之间缺乏相关知识以及权力不对称。调查结果表明，有必要将所有预期的平台利益相关者包括在导致平台建立的过程中；确保平台在弱势利益相关者眼中的合法性和独立性；平台参与者的能力建设，以确保基于知识的决策。调查结果表明，有必要将所有预期的平台利益相关者包括在导致平台建立的过程中；确保平台在弱势利益相关者眼中的合法性和独立性；平台参与者的能力建设，以确保基于知识的决策。调查结果表明，有必要将所有预期的平台利益相关者包括在导致平台建立的过程中；确保平台在弱势利益相关者眼中的合法性和独立性；平台参与者的能力建设，以确保基于知识的决策。