From Curse to Blessing?: Using Natural Resources to Fuel Sustainable Development - Couverture souple

 
9781405196970: From Curse to Blessing?: Using Natural Resources to Fuel Sustainable Development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1405196971 ISBN 13 : 9781405196970
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

This book investigates how revenues derived from natural resource exploitation can be translated into real benefits for the citizens of resource-rich countries

    Shows how despite unprecedentedly high prices of natural resources such as oil and gas on the global market, resource-rich countries are home to over 60% of the world's poorest people Discusses the counterintuitive phenomenon known as the "resource curse" and how mineral wealth can impoverish countries Presents the major obstacles for the international community in the fight against poverty and in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals Debates the ways to lift the curse, and suggests policy interventions to break the vicious circle Includes cross-country comparisons as well as focussing on countries such as Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and the Russian Federation

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À propos de l?auteur

Irakli Khodeli is the Assistant Programme Specialist in the Bioethics Section at UNESCO.

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Éditeur
Wiley-Blackwell
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1405196971
ISBN 13 
9781405196970
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Éditeur
Khodeli Irakli
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Personne responsable
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