The Resource Curse and its Potential Reversal

World Development

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-41

  Boschini, Anne ^a   Pettersson, Jan ^b   Roine, Jesper ^c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Economic growth; Fuels; Institutions; Minerals; Natural resources; Property rights; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FUEL; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; METAL; MINERAL RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

EID: 84875391787     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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