Essays about: "Natural Resource Dependence"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words Natural Resource Dependence.

  1. 11. Income Inequality and Natural Resources

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Philipp Bergner; [2016]
    Keywords : Inequality; institutional quality; point resources; resource curse; SWIID; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The observation that countries highly endowed with natural resources often struggle with undesirable economic (e.g. low growth) and social problems has produced a large body of literature on the so-called resource curse over the last decades. READ MORE

  3. 12. It’s a free-for-all : who owns soil ecosystem services on agricultural land?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dennis Roitsch; [2016]
    Keywords : soil natural capital; saxony; common agricultural policy; property rights; sustainability science; payments for ecosystem services; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Soils provide the foundation for human well-being but are increasingly degrading from land use change or types of intensive land use like agriculture. In Europe, soil natural capital is degrading over time and space because of compaction, erosion, and the loss of organic matter. READ MORE

  4. 13. Development of the Chilean mining industry – its dependence of natural resources

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : Diego Alonso Romero Guastavino; [2016]
    Keywords : Resource Curse; Economic development; Environmental regulation; Technological change; Mining industry;

    Abstract : The resource curse, also known as the “paradox of plenty”, basically states that countries that have natural resources in abundance, particularly in terms of non-renewable resources such as oil and gas and minerals, in the long run tend to have less economic growth and prosperity, than countries with relatively lesser endowments of natural resources. This research investigates the case of the Chilean economy; its erstwhile saltpeter mining industry and current copper mining industry. READ MORE

  5. 14. Is there a resource curse in financial development?: Empirical study on Middle East and North Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Dalia Fadly; [2013]
    Keywords : Financial development; Natural resources; Institutions; MENA; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper empirically investigates the impact of natural resource dependence and abundance on financial sector development in MENA for the period 1980-2009. The link established provides a new explanation for the different levels of financial development across the region, which may influence the pace of economic growth. READ MORE

  6. 15. Future North Sea oil production and its implications for Swedish oil supply regarding the transport sector : -A study on energy security and sustainability of future strategic resources

    University essay from Globala energisystem

    Author : David Sällh; [2012]
    Keywords : Oil production; forecast; decline; The North Sea; transition; Sweden; resources; renewable fuels; transport sector;

    Abstract : Historically, it has been negative to be dependent on only one resource, in the current situation this resource represents oil. The oil dependence is primarily in the transport sector. From a Swedish perspective oil is an energy resource mainly used in the transport sector. Much of the oil that Sweden imports has its origin in the North Sea. READ MORE