The Myth of the Resource Curse

By Gavin J. Wright, J. Czelusta. 2004

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Resource Rents, Redistribution, and Halving Global Poverty: The Resource Dividend (2011, background): “Wright and Czelusta (2004, 2007) also view the resource curse as a problem of institutions, but argue that " minerals themselves are not to blame for problems of rent-seeking and”
What are the Implications for Global Value Chains When the Market Shifts from the North to the South (2010, background): “There are also evidenced cases of economies which have utilised their natural resources to drive forward their industrialisation (Wright and Czelusta, 2004).”
Is Development Path Dependent or Political? A Reinterpretation of Mineral-Dependent Development in Botswana (2009, background): “Analyses of Dutch Disease and the resource curse have focused on policies (World Bank, 2002; Shaxson, 2005), institutions (Acemoglu et al., 2003; Wright and Czelusta, 2003), and state building (Karl, 1997; Auty, 2001a, 2001b; Ross, 2001).”
The curse of natural resources: An empirical investigation of U.S. counties § (2011, result): “We note that a few studies find evidence contradicting the resource curse (e.g., Sala-i-Martin et al., 2004; Wright and Czelusta, 2004).”
The resource curse (2005, background): “9 See, for example, Wright and Czelusta (2004).”
The Cost of Doing Business in Africa: Evidence from Enterprise Survey Data (2008, background): “Wright (2000), Wright and Czelusta (2004) and Irwin (2000) all argue that the United States’ abundant resource base was a driving factor in its early leadership in processed goods and resource-intensive manufactures.”
Resource abundance and economic growth in the United States (2007, background): “Our study does not necessarily contradict but rather complement the findings by a number of recent studies that emphasise the positive role of resource endowments on welfare levels in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Mitchener and McLean, 2003; Wright, 1990, 2001; Wright and Czelusta, 2004).”
The Resource Curse and its Potential Reversal (2013, background): “14 We also agree that the latter is an endogenous outcome (e.g., Wright & Czelusta, 2004) but on the other hand there are arguments for this being the case for the former as well.”
Challenges and Opportunities for Resource Rich Economies (2006, unknown): “It was a choice driven by collective learning and leading education in mining engineering and metallurgy, increasing returns and an accommodating legal environment where the US government claimed no ultimate title to the nation’s minerals (Wright and Czelusta, 2002, 2004).”