Addressing the natural resource curse: An illustration from Nigeria

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 570-615

  Sala i Martin, Xavier ^a   Subramanian, Arvind ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; MINERAL RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OIL PRODUCTION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84881496906     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejs033     Document Type: Article

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