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The resource curse: Which institutions matter?

Journal Article | Feb 2009

Two types of models are dominant in the current resource curse literature. One type of model studies the selection of entrepreneurs into rent-seeking ...

Resource curse, institutions

Nigeria: Defying the resource curse

Book Chapter | Jan 2017

The idea that oil wealth tends to undermine democratic transition is one of the central tenets of the resource curse paradigm. This chapter takes ...

Nigerian, resource curse, political ecology, oil, elections, political transition, Nigeria

International initiatives to address the resource curse: High on rhetoric, low on relevance?

Book Chapter | Jul 2010

A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries, a phenomenon that has been labelled ...

It's the rents, stupid! The political economy of the resource curse

Journal Article | Nov 2009

A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries. Empirical results suggest that ...

Natural resources, resource curse, institutions

Diversifying to avoid the resource curse?

News | 20 Dec 2013

Diversification spreads risk as countries expand into new export sectors, but does diversification also improve institutions and address the resource curse? Diversification strategies were top of the agenda at the UNIDO General Conference in December.

Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania

Journal Article | Mar 2021

Corruption is considered an important driver of the resource curse in developing countries. Based on a large-scale ﬁeld experiment in Tanzania, this paper ...

Natural resources, Resource curse, Corruption, Behavioral economics, Political economy, Tanzania

Understanding the resource curse: A large-scale experiment on corruption in Tanzania

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2018

Corruption appears to be an important driver of the resource curse in developing countries. We report from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania ...

Natural resources, Corruption, Field experiment, Behavioral economics, Political, economy, Tanzania, Tanzania

Can Ghana withstand the resource curse?

News | 26 Nov 2013

Ghana discovered oil in 2010. The country now produces 100 000 barrels a day, amounting to an income of 1 billion dollars a year. Are the country's institutions strong enough to withstand the resource curse? -Yes, says Inge Amundsen, senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute.

Corruption, natural resources and development: From resource curse to political ecology

Edited Book | Jan 2017

Corruption, Natural Resources and Development provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting ...

Corruption, political ecology, resource curse, wildlife trafficking, urban land, lobbying, transparency, community development, marine fisheries, biofuel, land management, political transitions, deforestation, extractive industries, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Madagascar, Norway, Philippines, Kenya

Mission improbable: Does petroleum-related aid address the resource curse?

Journal Article | Feb 2009

Petroleum-related aid programmes and projects are a key part of donor activities in oil-rich developing countries. This paper critically assesses petroleum-related ...

Natural resources, Institutions, Petroleum-related aid

Corruption and reduced oil production: An additional resource curse factor?

Journal Article | Jan 2013

Prominent contributions to the resource curse literature suggest weak governance and corruption are important factors behind the wide welfare variations ...

Political economy, oil, corruption

Political economy models of the resource curse: Implications for policy and research

Report in External Series | Nov 2009

Political economy models of the resource curse: Implications for policy and research Ivar Kolstad a

Natural resources, patronage, rent-seeking, institutions

Building the new state of South Sudan: The challenge of the resource curse and the pro-poor agricultural growth

Event | 8 Mar 2012

Dr. Luka Biong Deng gives a talk on the challenges facing the new state of South Sudan, in a presentation of his current work on the so-called "oil-curse" ...

Sudan

The Resource Curse: Which Institutions Matter?

CMI Working Paper | Jun 2007

Two types of models are dominant in the current resource curse literature. One type of model studies the selection of entrepreneurs into rent-seeking ...

Natural resource, Resource curse, Institutions, JEL codes: D72, D78, Q, Q2

Drowning in Oil: Angola's Institutions and the "Resource Curse"

Journal Article | Jan 2014

Institutional factors are increasingly highlighted to explain the “resource curse” or, why some countries with rich natural resources have ...

Political institutions, development, oil, resource curse, Angola

Political Economy Models of the Resource Curse: Implications for Policy and Research

CMI Working Paper | Jan 2008

A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries. This paper reviews political economy ...

Resource curse, Oil, Institutions, Petroleum-related aid

Does diversification improve institutions in resource rich countries?

Angola Brief | Dec 2012

Angola is the world’s second most concentrated country in terms of exports. Furthermore, concentration has increased during recent years. Angola ...

Angola

Can Ghana Avoid the Resource Curse?

Book Chapter | Jul 2013

Oil exploration in the developing world has been and continues to be a high profile and high risk activity attracting media coverage and stimulating much ...

Resource curse, corruption, oil, Ghana

Cursed before production?

CMI Brief | Feb 2019

Big discoveries of high value natural resources can have negative economic, political, and social effects long before full production of a resource begins. ...

Rafiq Hajat: Whither Malawi? Will its natural resources be a curse...or blessing?

Event | 14 Feb 2012

Whither Malawi? Will its natural resources be a curse….or blessing? Malawi is a tiny land-locked country neighbouring Tanzania, Zambia & Mozambique ...