Essays about: "Natural resource curse"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 37 essays containing the words Natural resource curse.

1. 6. Resource Abundance and Material Wellbeing in Africa — an investigation of the Resource Curse

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; [2021]
   Keywords : Natural resource curse; Resource abundance; Material wellbeing; Taxation; Africa; Institutions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Natural resources and their impact on growth has received significant academic attention through the theory of the resource curse. Most literature has studied the relationship between natural resource abundance and economic growth. READ MORE

3. 7. The extractive industries transparency initiative in the Democratic Republic of Congo : the failing understanding and ownership of the E.I.T.I objectives prevent to reachthe UNs sustainable goals

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Bitota Mudibu Sparf; [2020]
   Keywords : transparency; accountability; governance; DRC; extractive industries; SDGs;

   Abstract : This study looks at the adaptation and implementation of the E.I.T.I principles in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and assesses whether governance through transparency and accountability practices in its extractive sector have improved. READ MORE

4. 8. The Natural Resource Curse at the Regional Level? : The Case of Sweden

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

   Author : Carl Bellerud; [2020]
   Keywords : Resource curse; convergence; econometrics;

   Abstract : The resource curse thesis states that countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to experience lower economic growth rates. However, does this theory apply also to the regional level? The purpose of this thesis is to both test the natural resources curse theory at the regional level in Sweden, as well to examine if different types of natural resource dependencies appear to have the same effect on regional income growth in the country. READ MORE

5. 9. Can Good Institutions Avert the Resource Curse?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jonatan Schubeis; [2020]
   Keywords : Capital stock; Dutch disease; Natural resource curse; Petroleum; Synthetic control method;

   Abstract : To establish the economic impact of petroleum in the UK, this paper uses the synthetic control method. By constructing an artificial UK economy without oil, from the donor pool of OECD economies, it establishes the counterfactual time path of capital stock the UK would have had if it lacked the petroleum endowment. READ MORE

6. 10. The Platinum Boom in Rustenburg and the Bust of the Community : A case study of the Natural Resource Curse in South Africa

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; Shima Khabbaz; [2019]
   Keywords : Boomtown; platinum; mining; social disruption; place attachment; social impacts; Rustenburg; South Africa;

   Abstract : The dependence on natural resources is not a new phenomenon and it has posed issues in undiversified economies. The social impact that the booming of the mining industry has on the local level is still an area in need of investigation. READ MORE