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9781911116493: The Resource Curse
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ISBN 10 : 1911116495 ISBN 13 : 9781911116493
Editeur : Agenda Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

The resource curse, or paradox of plenty, refers to the long-established notion central in development economics that countries rich in natural resources, particularly minerals and fuels, perform less well economically than countries with fewer natural resources. In other words, resources are an economic curse rather than a blessing.

This short primer explores the complexities of this idea and the debates that surround it, in particular under what conditions the resource curse might operate, if not universal. Discussion ranges over the nature of resource booms, the benefits and costs of export-led growth, the problems of deindustrialization and manufacturing base erosion, rent-seeking behaviour and corruption and the empirical evidence of the effects of natural resource dependence on growth. The book also considers the links between resource rents and the risk of conflict and civil war.

The treatment draws throughout on a range of illustrative examples from across the developed and developing world and offers an authoritative introduction to one of the most perplexing issues for economic growth.

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À propos de l'auteur

Syed Mansoob Murshed is Professor of the Economics of Peace and Conflict at the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and Professor of Economics at Coventry University in the UK.

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Éditeur
Agenda Publishing
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1911116495
ISBN 13 
9781911116493
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
159
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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