Essays about: "resource curse"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the words resource curse.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. 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]
    Keywords : ;

    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

  4. 18. Child Labour Remaining Status Quo? - A Case Study of Child Labour in Sierra Leone´s Mining Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Nilsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Child labour; Mining; Exploitation; Sierra Leone; Sociocultural; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Children working in mining related activities are not uncommon in Sierra Leone. Their involvement has become a matter of increasing global attention and significant measures have been taken at national and international levels to combat the problem. However its prevalence gives reasons for concern. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. 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