Are minerals a blessing or a curse? Some reflections on the recent debate

Resources, Energy, and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-123

  Maxwell, Philip ^a   Al Rawashdeh, Rami ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

DEBATE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT; MINERAL-RICH ECONOMIES;

MINERALS;

EID: 25644440695     PISSN: 09730516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/red-120020     Document Type: Article

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