From Curse To Blessing?: Using Natural Resources To Fuel Sustainable DevelopmentISBN: 978-1-4051-9697-0
Paperback
176 pages
June 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book investigates how revenues derived from natural resource exploitation can be translated into real benefits for the citizens of resource-rich countries
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Shows how despite unprecedentedly high prices of natural resources such as oil and gas on the global market, resource-rich countries are home to over 60% of the world’s poorest people
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Discusses the counterintuitive phenomenon known as the “resource curse” and how mineral wealth can impoverish countries
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Presents the major obstacles for the international community in the fight against poverty and in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
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Debates the ways to lift the curse, and suggests policy interventions to break the vicious circle
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Includes cross-country comparisons as well as focussing on countries such as
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