This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve. It presents an agenda of reform as unfinished business

Introduction and Overview -- Part 1: A history of mistrust and struggle: -- Oil and geopolitics in the 1970s and 1980s -- OPEC and the Roaring 1990s -- The 2000s: The Boom and Bust Cycles -- Part 2: OPEC and the New Reality -- A false dawn: Myths and Realities of OPEC’s power -- Technology and...

Contributors discuss the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF) and Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) as a model both for resource policy and for social policy. This book explores whether other states, nations, or regions would benefit from an Alaskan-style dividend. The book also looks at possible ways that...

Requirement and Present Situation of the Oil and Gas Resources in China -- Main Fields of Oil and Gas Exploration and Problems -- Prediction of Development Objectives in Scientific Field on Oil and Gas Resource in the Future -- Primary Scientific Research Orientations in Terms of Oil and Gas...

This timely book examines how the "Alaska model" can be adapted for use elsewhere, examining issues of implementation and showing that this model can be employed even in resource-poor areas in the industrialized and in the industrializing world.

This book analyses the role of local content (LC) policy in the economic development of five resource-rich countries: Brazil, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia and the UK. The authors situate LC policy within a framework of sustainability in the form of industrial diversification and innovation-led...

Hintergrundinformationen über natürliche Ressourcen -- Phänomen Ressourcenfluch -- Ökonomische und wirtschaftliche Situation der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und Botswanas -- Zusammenhang zwischen Ressourcenreichtum und aktueller Situation in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo und Botswana.

This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these...

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

The complexity and volatility of energy markets creates strong demand for quantitative analysis and econometric techniques. This book offers an introduction to the state of the art in econometric modelling applied to the most pertinent issues in today's energy markets for a better understanding...