The Resource Curse

The Resource Curse
Author: S. MANSOOB. MURSHED
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre: Natural resources
ISBN: 9781911116509

The Oil Curse

The Oil Curse
Author: Michael L. Ross
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013-09-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691159637

Explaining—and solving—the oil curse in the developing world Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth—and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing. Ross traces the oil curse to the upheaval of the 1970s, when oil prices soared and governments across the developing world seized control of their countries' oil industries. Before nationalization, the oil-rich countries looked much like the rest of the world; today, they are 50 percent more likely to be ruled by autocrats—and twice as likely to descend into civil war—than countries without oil. The Oil Curse shows why oil wealth typically creates less economic growth than it should; why it produces jobs for men but not women; and why it creates more problems in poor states than in rich ones. It also warns that the global thirst for petroleum is causing companies to drill in increasingly poor nations, which could further spread the oil curse. This landmark book explains why good geology often leads to bad governance, and how this can be changed.

The Curse of Natural Resources

The Curse of Natural Resources
Author: Sevil Acar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2017-02-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137587237

This book examines the paradox that resource-rich countries often struggle to manage their resources in a way that will help their economies thrive. It looks at how a country's political regime and quality of governance can determine the degree to which it benefits - or suffers - from having natural resources, shifting away from the traditional focus on economic growth data to study the complex implications of these resources for human well-being and sustainable development. To this end, Acar examines a panel of countries in terms of the effects of their natural resources on human development and genuine saving, which is a sustainability indicator that takes into account the welfare of future generations by incorporating the changes in different kinds of capital. Acar finds that the exportation of agricultural raw materials is associated with significant deterioration in human development, while extractive resource exports, such as energy and minerals, have negative implications for genuine savings. Next, the book compares the development path of Norway before and after discovering oil, contrasting it with Sweden's development. The two countries, which followed almost identical paths until the 1970s, diverged significantly in terms of per capita income after Norway found oil.

The Institutions Curse

The Institutions Curse
Author: Victor Menaldo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107138604

Debunks the view that natural resources lead to terrible outcomes by demonstrating that oil and minerals are actually a blessing.

China's Contained Resource Curse

China's Contained Resource Curse
Author: Jing Vivian Zhan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2022-03-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 131651126X

A novel empirical study of the 'resource curse' and the state response in contemporary China.

Oil to Cash

Oil to Cash
Author: Todd Moss
Publisher: CGD Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-06-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1933286695

Oil to Cash explores one option to help countries with new oil revenue avoid the so-called resource curse: just give the money directly to citizens. A universal, transparent, and regular cash transfer would not only provide a concrete benefit to regular people, but would also create powerful incentives for citizens to hold their government accountable. Oil to Cash details how and where this idea could work and how policymakers can learn from the experiences with cash transfers in places like Mexico, Mongolia, and Alaska.

Beyond the Resource Curse

Beyond the Resource Curse
Author: Brenda Shaffer
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2011-12-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0812206177

When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome. Yet, paradoxically, if they rely on their wealth of natural resources, they often set down a path of poor economic performance and governance challenges. Only a few resource-rich countries have managed to develop their economies fully and provide a better and sustainable standard of living for large segments of their populations. This phenomenon, known as the resource curse, is a core challenge for energy-exporting states. Beyond the Resource Curse focuses on this relationship between natural wealth and economic security, discussing the particular pitfalls and consistent perils facing oil- and gas-exporting states. The contributors to this volume look beyond the standard fields of research related to the resource curse. They also shed new light on the specific developmental problems of resource-rich exporting states around the globe, including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cambodia, East Timor, Iran, Norway, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. Policy makers and academics think of energy security solely in terms of the interests of energy importers. Beyond the Resource Curse shows that the constant volatility in energy markets creates energy security challenges for exporters as well.

Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies

Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies
Author: Richard Auty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2002-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134867891

It is widely believed that natural mineral resources are desirable. However there is growing evidence that this may not always be the case. Indeed, it seems that natural assets can distort the economy to such a degree that the benefit actually becomes a curse. In Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies, Richard Auty highlights these drawbacks and the devastating effect they can have on developing economies. With reference to six ore-exporters (viz. Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Jamaica, Zambia and Papua New Guinea) he outlines how things can go badly wrong. He particularly stresses the need to avoid `Dutch Disease' whereby competitiveness is drained out of the agriculture and manufacturing sectors so that in the long term growth falters.

Global Justice and Resource Curse

Global Justice and Resource Curse
Author: Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-08-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000425398

This book explores whether any theory alone is sufficiently capable of resolving the complexity of global justice, arguing that a combination of statism and cosmopolitanism is needed. In current times, xenophobia, nationalism and populism have amplified othering in both domestic and international politics. In global justice, the dichotomy between the ‘polis’ and the ‘cosmopolis’ separates statism from cosmopolitanism. Using resource curse as a complex case of global justice, the author demonstrates how neither statism nor cosmopolitanism alone are sufficient but goes on to argue that a combination of the two theories is simultaneously necessary and sufficient to resolve the complexity of global justice. He demonstrates how statism is primarily applied to the institutional dimensions of resource curse and only secondarily applied to the interactional dimensions, while cosmopolitanism is applied to the interactional dimensions but only secondarily applied to the institutional dimensions, and therefore a combination of both theories is needed to resolve the problem of resource curse – using the strength of the former to compensate for the weakness of the latter, and vice versa. Global justice is widely taught and researched as one of the most important areas in political philosophy and political theory. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers, philosophers and political scientists of African politics, political theory, political philosophy, international relations and international development.

Is There an African Resource Curse?

Is There an African Resource Curse?
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2014
Genre: Corruption
ISBN: