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Escaping the resource curse / edited by Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz ; foreword by George Soros.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Developing countries.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Developing countries--Planning.
- Economic development projects--Developing countries--Evaluation.
- Economic development projects.
- Resource curse.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the ""resource curse."" Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. Their resource wealth frequently leads to lower growth rates, greater volatility, more corruption, and, in extreme cases, devastating civil wars. In this volume, leading economists, lawyer
- Contents:
- What is the role of the state? / Joseph E. Stiglitz
- How to evaluate the fiscal terms of oil contracts / David Johnston
- How to negotiate an oil agreement / Jenik Radon
- How best to auction oil rights / Peter Cramton
- Are oil producers rich? / Geoffrey Heal
- How to handle the macroeconomics of oil wealth / Jeffrey D. Sachs
- The political econony of natural resource funds / Macartan Humphreys and Martin E. Sandbu
- How mineral rich states can reduce inequality / Michael L. Ross
- Ensuring fairness : the case for a transparent fiscal social contract / Terry Lynn Karl
- Critical issues for a revenue management law / Joseph C. Bell and Teresa Maurea Faria
- Future directions for the management of natural resources / Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613791184
- 9781281793942
- 1281793949
- 9780231512107
- 0231512104
- OCLC:
- 826476187
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