01085nam a22001217a 4500100002200000245009400022260006600116520061200182650003700794856011200831942000700943999001300950  aGéraud de Ville  aReport of the Conference “Illegal Trade in Natural Resources - What can Brussels do?”  aWashington DC:bInstitute for Environmental Security, c2010.  aNatural resources are the backbone of the global economy. Many emerging economies are based on expor:ng natural resources to industrialised countries fuelling global markets in much needed raw materials. In accountable States, the income generated should be used to serve development needs, for example to finance the construc:on of infrastructures or programmes for poverty allevia:on. However, governments some:mes lack the capacity or the legi:macy to regulate the exploita:on of these assets. In these cases, natural resources can become a cause for corrup:on, social disputes and even violent conflicts  aNatural Resources, Illicit Flows  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/report_of_the_conference_“illegal_trade_in_natural_resources.pdf  cCF  c212d212