Essays about: "Natural resource curse"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the words Natural resource curse.

  1. 11. The Effect of Natural Resource Dependence on Education in Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jasmin Bina; [2019]
    Keywords : Natural Resource Dependence; Resource Curse; Human Capital; Indonesia; Southeast Asia; Pooled Mean Group Estimator; Fixed Effects; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Empirical evidence on the effect of natural resource dependence on education so far has revealed mixed results. As a result of the ongoing controversy, this examination offers the opportunity to extend knowledge about the relationship between natural resource dependence and education. READ MORE

  3. 12. The resource curse hypothesis: an empirical investigation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriele Bindi; [2018]
    Keywords : Resource curse hypothesis; Natural resource abundance; Economic growth; Institutions; ARDL; CS-ARDL; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The relationship between natural resources and economic growth has been widely analyzed in the recent past. This thesis empirically examines the “resource curse hypothesis”, i.e. countries with large natural resource endowments have tended to grow less rapidly than resource-scarce nations. READ MORE

  4. 13. Venezuelan Oil and Political Instability : A Case Study of Venezuela and its Oil Dependency

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriel V. Rindborg; [2018]
    Keywords : Natural resource curse; Venezuelan political history; political instability; oil price; extractive industries; historical sociology;

    Abstract : The natural resource curse is a widely debated phenomenon usually proposing a connection between large extractive resource wealth and substandard economic performance. This paper concerns the connection between large extractive resource wealth and the potential for its effects on long term political stability. READ MORE

  5. 14. Local Employment Effects of Falling Copper prices: A Case study in the Copperbelt province of Zambia.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Jakob Davidsson; John Eriksson; [2017-11-23]
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    Abstract : Zambia is heavily dependent on copper, and a typical example of a country subject to the natural resource curse. From 2011 until 2016, the copper price fell from around $9,900 to $5,660 per metric tonne (mt). READ MORE

  6. 15. Conflicting interests in natural resource management : - A case study on mining in northern Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Evelina Svensson; [2017]
    Keywords : mining; natural resource management; sustainability; resource curse; extractivism; Sweden;

    Abstract : Sweden is the leading mining country in Europe and the Swedish government intends to retain this position by fostering innovation, investments and cooperation. However, mining is an extractive industry with massive consequences on the surrounding environment and the people living there. READ MORE