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Are natural resources cursed? : an investigation of the dynamic effects of resource dependence on institutional quality
De Rosa, Donato; Iootty, Mariana - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612783
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The “resource curse” in MENA? : political transitions, resource wealth, economic shocks, and conflict risk
Ross, Michael; Kaiser, Kai; Mazaheri, Nimah - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009409497
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Latin American growth : a trade perspective
Torre, Augusto de la; Ize, Alain - 2019
down countries' growth (relative to the world) into three trade-related channels: (i) an export pull measuring the traction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051845
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How did Africa's prospective petroleum producers fall victim to the presource curse?
Mihalyi, David; Scurfield, Thomas - 2020
This paper reviews resource sector developments in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that made their first (major) petroleum discoveries during the most recent commodity boom. The analysis, which goes back to 2001, looks at sector forecasts of international organizations, governments, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296919
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Ecology, natural resources, and economic growth : underdeveloping the Amazon
Katzman, Martin T. - In: Economic development and cultural change 35 (1987) 2, pp. 425-436
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Cotton, biotechnology, and economic development
Baffes, John - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489143
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Financial development and economic growth : views and agenda
Levine, Ross - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000946204
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Toward successful development policies : insights from research in development economics
Artuc, Erhan; Cull, Robert J.; Dasgupta, Susmita; Jaef, … - 2020
What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World … Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228661
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Natural resources and total factor productivity growth in developing countries : testing a new methodology
Hamilton, Kirk; Naikal, Esther; Lange, Glenn-Marie - 2019
countries. This leads to incorrect measures of total factor productivity growth. Using data on natural resources from the World … total factor productivity growth across all country income classes and regions of the world when compared with the … volatile over time in the great majority of countries compared with the traditional approach. The availability of World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004727
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Uncertainty in ex-ante poverty and income distribution : insights from output growth and natural resource country typologies
Mendez Ramos, Fabian - 2019
This paper studies future poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity outcomes using a panel data set with 150 countries over 1980-2014. The findings suggest that global extreme poverty will decrease in absolute and relative terms in the period 2015-2030. However, absolute poverty is likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022359