Resources, sovereignty, and governance: Can mongolia avoid the 'resource curse'?

Asian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-185

  Reeves, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Director of the Chinese Studies Center at the Centre for Advanced Defence Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Governance; Mining; Mongolia; Resource curse; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052223759     PISSN: 02185377     EISSN: 17507812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02185377.2011.600165     Document Type: Article

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