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The Oil Curse
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Pages: 314
Authors: Michael L. Ross
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this o
Oil to Cash
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: Todd Moss
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-10 - Publisher: CGD Books

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Oil to Cash explores one option to help countries with new oil revenue avoid the so-called resource curse: just give the money directly to citizens. A universal
Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab
Language: en
Pages: 497
Authors: Ibrahim Elbadawi
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A variety of perspectives from leading economists provides fresh insight into how Arab countries may best exploit their oil revenues.
Beyond the Resource Curse
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Brenda Shaffer
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-30 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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When countries discover that they possess large deposits of oil and natural gas, the news is usually welcome. Yet, paradoxically, if they rely on their wealth o
Oil Is Not a Curse
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Pauline Jones Luong
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-23 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book makes two central claims: first, that mineral-rich states are cursed not by their wealth but, rather, by the ownership structure they choose to manage