Essays about: "Natural resource curse"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words Natural resource curse.

  1. 16. From Natural Resource Windfalls to Curse? The Resource Curse Paradox and Economic Diversification in Kazakhstan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Akmaral Kamaliyeva; [2017]
    Keywords : natural resources; resource curse; Kazakhstan; rentier state; Soviet legacy; economic diversification; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The evidence pointing to a fundamental link between abundance in natural resources and unsustainable development processes in developing countries has caught attention lately, one aspect of this being the „resource curse‟. This paper aims to demonstrate the extent to which the resource abundance can explain the unsustainable economic development process of Kazakhstan. READ MORE

  3. 17. Do Inaccessible and Lootable Natural Resources Influence the Incidence of Civil Conflicts? Opportunities and Limits in the Study of the Resource Curse in Developing Countries

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lorenzo Schirato; [2017]
    Keywords : Resource Curse; Geographic Inaccessibility; Lootable Resources; Civil Conflict; Developing Countries;

    Abstract : The literature on the so-called resource curse has provided evidence showing that third-world countries rich in natural resources tend to suffer from low levels of economic growth, poor political outcomes and severe intrastate conflicts. In particular, resource abundance is associated with more frequent and longer civil wars, especially in developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 18. WATER AS A CURSE? A quantitative examination of the link between water resources and interstate conflict

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Prenzel; [2016-09-16]
    Keywords : resource curse; water abundance; interstate conflict; greed; grievances;

    Abstract : The phenomenon of the resource curse links the abundance of natural resources to higher levels of conflict occurrence. Until now, most literature merely focuses on non-renewable resources such as diamonds or gold. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. 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