The Alaska Model: a practical framework for natural resource governance in the developing world

Alaska’s founders built upon the lessons of the America’s westward expansion, adopting a unique model of resource governance. As consultants to Alaska’s 1955 constitutional convention, Elinor and Vincent Ostrom were responsible for drafting the constitutional provisions for resource management, ensuring the state’s resources remained in the public domain and were managed in the best long-term interests of its people. This Institute of the North believes this framework can serve as a model for nations in Africa and other parts of the developing world.

• Bill Walker, former Governor of Alaska
• Jack Hickel, M.D., Board member of the Institute of the North
• Deven Mitchell, CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund (participating remotely)
• Ian Laing, Executive Director of the Institute of the North
• * Unknown additional participant *