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Republic of Chad - Public Expenditure Review Update : Using Public Resources for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
World Bank - 2012
Chad is among the poorest countries in the world. Around 55 percent of the population lives below the poverty line and … dramatic increase in revenues has been, however, mostly missed to date. Chad's first National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS … challenges that Chad faces in the management and use of its oil revenues, and provide suggestions on how oil resources might be …
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Natural resource abundance, growth and diversification in MENA : the effects of natural resources and the role of policies
Marotta, Daniela (contributor); De Melo, Jaime (contributor) - 2012
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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2022 : Harnessing the Oil Windfall for Sustainable Growth
World Bank - 2022
Iraq's economy is gradually emerging from the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the plunge in oil prices in 2020. Higher oil revenues pushed Iraq's overall fiscal and external balances into a surplus in 2021. The turnaround in oil markets has significantly improved Iraq's economic...
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Chad : development potential and constraints
World Bank - 1974
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Republic of Ecuador Country Environmental Analysis : Environmental Quality and Natural Resource Management for Sustained Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation
World Bank - 2013
Ecuador is a country with exceptional natural resource and environmental advantages and challenges. It is strategically located and has considerable oil reserves in the interior and the coastal region. This document does not aim to describe the state of the environment in Ecuador. Rather, its...
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In search of the missing resource curse
Lederman, Daniel - 2008
"The debate over the curse of natural resources has haunted developing countries for decades if not centuries. A review of existing empirical evidence suggests that the curse remains elusive. The fragile negative effect of natural resources on economic growth might be due to international...
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India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
World Bank - 2012
India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report has come about at the request of the Indian...
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Global Monitoring Report 2009 : A Development Emergency
World Bank - 2009
A Development Emergency: the title of this year's Global Monitoring Report, the sixth in an annual series, could not be more apt. The global economic crisis, the most severe since the Great Depression, is rapidly turning into a human and development crisis. No region is immune. The poor...
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Reaching the Millennium Development Goals : Mauritania should care
Bocchi, Alessandro Magnoli (contributor) - 2008
"Mauritania is a resource-rich developing country. As many other African nations, it will not reach most of the Millennium Development Goals, unless the authorities commit to accelerating progress. To succeed by 2015, the government needs to: mobilize additional financial resources, introduce...
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