Table 1.

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

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