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Sharing Oil Rents and Political Violence
Cordella, Tito - 2017
This paper investigates how the devolution of oil windfalls affects the likelihood of political violence. It shows that transferring large shares of oil wealth can prevent conflict, while transferring small shares can trigger it. Among the different transfer schemes, fiscal transfers (to...
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Political Economy of the Petroleum Sector in Nigeria
Gboyega, Alex - 2017
The relatively slow pace of Nigeria's development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse … problems of petroleum sector governance are extremely entrenched in Nigeria, the key question is whether and how it is possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975807
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Oil and the Propensity to Armed Struggle in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Oyefusi, Aderoju - 2016
participation by individuals in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria using primary (micro) data. While grievance appears to be …
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Structural Change, Fundamentals, and Growth : A Framework and Case Studies
McMillan, Margaret - 2017
development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries -- Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia …
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Enrichment with Growth
Klein, Michael U. - 2017
This essay first sets out the "business model" problems entailed by corruption and their effects as well as implications for economic growth. Key issues are the need for secrecy and co-operation with partners in crime. Dealing with these leads to behavior which is ostensibly bizarre and...
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Transport Infrastructure and Welfare : An Application to Nigeria
Ali, Rubaba - 2020
the differential development impacts of alternative road construction and prioritize various proposals, using Nigeria as a … gross domestic product for Nigeria. Although the measure of transport is the most accurate possible, it is still endogenous … costs in Nigeria will increase crop revenue, non-agricultural income, the wealth index, and local gross domestic product …
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The 2014-16 Oil Price Collapse in Retrospect : Sources and Implications
Stocker, Marc - 2018
With the benefit of hindsight, this paper provides a fresh and comprehensive look at the causes of the 2014-16 collapse in oil prices and its impact on the global economy. It disentangles the contribution of supply and demand factors, assesses the impact on activity in oil exporters and oil...
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Efficiency and Equity Implications of Oil Windfalls in Brazil
Jorgensen, Ole Hagen - 2017
Large oil reserves off the coast of Brazil may substantially increase the country?s oil revenue in the future. A natural resource "curse" could be the consequence if an appropriate share of the oil revenue is not invested. This issue is addressed in this paper for Brazil both theoretically and...
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Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities : Studying Development Across the Americas
Gallego, Francisco A. - 2010
Levels of economic development vary widely within countries in the Americas. This paper argues that part of this variation has its roots in the colonial era. Colonizers engaged in different economic activities in different regions of a country, depending on local conditions. Some activities were...
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The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa
Addison, Tony - 2017
This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when minerals are aggregated, mining increases district...
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