Essays about: "natural resource trap"

Found 4 essays containing the words natural resource trap.

  1. 1. China's Green Transition: Analysing Chinese Minerals Policy, and its Impact on Zambia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Richard Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : China; Zambia; resource security; energy metals; energy minerals; copper; environment; Debt Trap Diplomacy; Pollution Haven Hypothesis; Resource Security Theory; Green Transition;

    Abstract : This study concerns the dynamics of Chinese strategic minerals policy and its effects on Zambian copper mining between 2016-2020. The essay employs a complementary—theories congruence analysis using Resource Security Theory, Debt Trap Diplomacy, and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis in order to analyse China’s actions and ascertain their effects on Zambia. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Janus Face of Petroleum: Norway, Venezuela and Petrostate-led Development

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Santiago Benavides García; [2023]
    Keywords : Petroleum; Petrostate; State intervention; economic development; political context; Transnational Oil Companies; natural resource trap; corporate independence; natural resource management.;

    Abstract : This paper examines the strategic management of natural resources in Venezuela and Norway,focusing on the role of the State in the petroleum industry and its implications for economicdevelopment. In Venezuela, the national oil company PDVSA experienced increased stateintervention, leading to a dependence on petroleum revenues and limited diversification. READ MORE

  4. 3. Chinese FDI and Debt-trap Diplomacy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Fallenius; [2021]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investment; China; Sub-Saharan Africa; debt-trap diplomacy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This empirical study seeks to initiate a new field of study. Through panel data analysis the relationship between Chinese FDI, non-Chinese FDI, and government debt in Sub-Saharan Africa is investigated. The model is expanded to include resource endowment and political stability variables. READ MORE

  5. 4. Do We Really Know Why the Poorest Countries are Failing? : A Study of Collier’s The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV

    Author : Malin Bohlers; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this deductive study, Paul Collier’s claims regarding poverty are tested. Collier claims in The Bottom Billion – Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About it (2008) that the poorest 58 countries today are poor because they are stuck in one or several traps. READ MORE