Beating the Resource Curse : The Case of Botswana

By M. Sarraf. 2001

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Energy Governance, Transnational Rules, and the Resource Curse: Exploring the Effectiveness of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) (2016, unknown): “Sarraf and Jiwanji (2001).”
Resource curse: An analysis of causes, experiences and possible ways forward (2007, background): “They have typically included Chile and Botswana (Sarraf and Jiwanji, 2001; Acemoglu et al., 2003; Iimi, 2006), Malaysia and Indonesia (Stevens, 2006), and also the industrialised countries Norway, the USA, Australia and Canada (Wright and Czelusta, 2007).”
Natural Resources and the ‘Quality’ of Economic Development (2011, background): “Studies have emphasised how Botswana’s growth has been managed by sound macroeconomic policies aimed at avoiding the problems associated with export boom; in particular, the object has been to avoid external debt, stabilizing growth and favouring economic diversification (Sarraf and Jiwanji, 2001; I”
The political economy of the resource curse : a literature survey (2006, background): “Several economists, for instance, have emphasised the need for resource abundant countries to adopt sensible macroeconomic policies and, in particular, avoid large foreign and domestic debts, accumulate budget surpluses, control inflation, and pursue competitive exchange rates (Usui 1997; Mikesell 1”