Escaping the Resource Curse

By Joshua S. Dimon. 2010

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Mining and Local Corruption in Africa (2017, background): “An equally large literature, spanning both economics and political science, has studied the adverse political and institutional consequences of natural resources (e.g. Ross, 2001; Humphreys et al., 2007; Ross, 2012).”
Do natural resources impede renewable energy production in the EU? A mixed-methods analysis (2019, neutral): “Second, income from natural resources has frequently financed consumption, including the Dutch welfare state, rather than invested, indicating a widespread problem in natural resource-rich countries when proceeds from resource wealth extraction are treated as income rather than assets (Banning, 2009”
The three perspectives on energy security: intellectual history, disciplinary roots and the potential for integration (2011, background): “However, efforts to diversify away from relying almost exclusively on oil (and gas) export revenues have met varying degrees of success [19].”
Mineral industries, growth corridors and agricultural development in Africa (2013, background): “So-called “Dutch Disease”, where extractive industries distort exchange rates and raise labour costs (Benjamin et al., 1989; Humphreys et al., 2007), may lower the competitiveness of agriculture in Africa.”
Natural resources, financial development and institutional quality in Africa: Is there a resource curse? (2018, background): “This Dutch disease is a phenomenon which refers to the appreciation of the real exchange rate: the result of inflation arising from the spending of revenues especially on non-tradeable goods and high expectations of capital inflows (Humphreys et al., 2007; Rodriguez and Sachs, 1999; Auty, 1993).”
Globalisation, governance, accountability and the natural resource ‘curse’: Implications for socio-economic growth of oil-rich developing countries (2019, background): “Based on the ‘resource dependency theory’, Idemudia (2012) argues that Nigeria is often seen as a poster child for resource-rich developing countries that have suffered the resource-curse phenomenon.”
Offshore work: Oil, modularity, and the how of capitalism in Equatorial Guinea (2012, background): “Or they would pass me literature on an economic theory known as the “resource curse” (Auty 1993; Collier 2007; Humphreys et al. 2007), lamenting that, unless the government got its act together, the litany of pathologies posited by that body of scholarship—corruption, inflation, armed conflict,…”
The evolution of the natural resource curse thesis: A critical literature survey (2017, background): “Humphreys et al. (2007) identify two key differences.”
The Impact and Effectiveness of Accountability and Transparency Initiatives: The Governance of Natural Resources (2013, background): “Some of the literature focused on the political and institutional factors that may contribute to alleviating the resource curse (Humphreys et al., 2007; Mehlum et al., 2006; Robinson et al., 2006).”
National Oil Companies and Value Creation (2011, background): “In such cases ‚the ground just might be the safest place for the asset‛ (Humphreys et al. 2007b); Resource curse: Related to both the domestic economy and the institutional framework is the apparent failure of many states to translate a wealth of natural resources into sustainable economic…”