Poor little rich countries: Another look at the 'resource curse'

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 617-632

  Rajan, Sudhir Chella ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Dependency theory; Development; Extraversion; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOPOLITICS; INFLATION; LABOR SUPPLY; MACROECONOMICS; OIL SUPPLY; POLITICAL POWER;

ANGOLA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VENEZUELA;

EID: 80053048792     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.608530     Document Type: Article

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