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The oil curse : how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations / Michael L. Ross.
LIBRA HD9578.D44 R67 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Michael, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Developing countries.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Revenue--Developing countries.
- Revenue.
- Petroleum products--Prices.
- Petroleum products.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy.
- Developing countries--Economic policy.
- Developing countries.
- Economic policy.
- Women--Developing countries--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Natural resources--Developing countries.
- Natural resources.
- Civil war--Developing countries.
- Civil war.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- Foreign direct investment in extractive industries, 2007
- The number and income of oil-producing states, 1960n-2006
- Incomes of new oil producers, 1857n-2015
- Size of the Nigerian government, 1960n-84
- Oil and the size of government
- Government size in selected oil and non-oil states
- Petroleum in the economy and government, 2007
- Oil prices and oil rents in selected countries, 2008
- Government expropriation of oil companies, 1960n-93
- Capital-to-labor ratios of major industries
- Price of a barrel of oil, 1861n-2009
- US petroleum production and consumption, 1947n-2007
- Proved oil reserves, 2005
- Government revenues in Iran and Egypt, 1970n-2009
- Number of democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008
- Oil and transitions to democracy, 1960n-2008
- Number of oil-producing democracies and autocracies, 1960n-2008
- Democracy levels over time, 1960n-2004
- Government spending-to-revenue ratios in autocracies, 1970n-2008
- Oil income and gasoline prices, 2006
- Oil and budget transparency in autocracies, 2008
- Oil and democracy in the USSR and Russia, 1960n-2007
- How oil production can affect the status of women
- Women in the labor force by region, 1993n-2002
- Women in parliament by region, 2002
- Oil and female labor force participation in the Middle East, 1993n-2002
- Oil and female suffrage in the Middle East
- Oil and female parliamentary seats in the Middle East, 2002
- Wages for textile workers in Tunisia and Algeria, 1987n-91
- Oil and civil wars in low- and middle-income countries, 1960n-2006
- Fraction of oil and non-oil countries with new conflicts, 1965n-2006
- Number of oil and non-oil states with ongoing conflicts, 1960n-2006
- Fraction of ongoing conflicts in states with oil, 1960n-2006
- Annual conflict rates, oil and non-oil countries
- Annual conflict rates by petroleum location (%)
- Incomes of the leading oil producers, 1950n-2006
- Incomes of the leading oil producers and oil prices, 1950n-2006
- Changes in income per capita, 1974n-89
- Oil production in Oman and world oil prices, 1960n-2006
- Oil production in Malaysia and world oil prices, 1960n-2006
- Changes in child mortality, 1970n-2003
- Annual growth in total GDP, 1960n-2006
- Changes in control of corruption, 1996n-2006
- Incomes and perceived government effectiveness, 2005
- Oil and democracy in the Middle East, 1993n-2002
- Oil and the gender rights in the Middle East, 2004.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691145457
- 0691145458
- OCLC:
- 730114030
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