Preventing the oil resource curse in ghana: Lessons from Nigeria

World Futures: Journal of General Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 430-450

  Okpanachi, Eyene ^a   Andrews, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ghana; institutions; Nigeria; oil; resource curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865004683     PISSN: 02604027     EISSN: 15561844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2012.693854     Document Type: Article

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