The resilience of developing Asia since the global financial crisis, on top of its historic economic success, has sparked interest in understanding its future. The region is diverse, with sub-regions and countries of varying population size, geography and economic dynamism as well as different...

This paper shows that whether natural resources are good or bad for a country's development depends crucially on the interaction between institutional setting and the type of resources that the country possesses. Some natural resources are for economical and technical reasons more likely to...

This report explores the relationship between oil and gas dependency and a country's debt burden, where repayments are potentially reliant on fossil fuel revenues. In particular, by looking at the interaction between oil and gas prices and public finances over a 11-year period (2010-2020) for a...