Shining a Light on the Resource Curse: An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Natural Resources, Transparency, and Economic Growth

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-505

  Williams, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Middle East countries; Natural resources; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 79951851176     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.08.015     Document Type: Article

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