The resource curse /
Syed Mansoob Murshed.
- vii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- The Economy, Key Ideas .
- Economy, key ideas .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-155) and index.
Introduction: Explaining the resource curse -- The Dutch disease and deindustrialization -- Growth and the institutional resource curse -- Empirical evidence on the resource curse -- Resource rents and violent internal conflict -- Managing resource rents -- Concluding comments.
An authoritative introduction to one of the most perplexing issues of economic growth: the notion that developing countries rich in natural resources perform less well economically than countries with fewer natural resources.