This working paper examines the recent changes in the Russian gas sector. The development of the sector is described and the important companies – such as Gazprom, Itera, Novatek, Northgas and the main gas producing oil companies (Surgutneftegas, TNK, Yukos, Lukoil) – are profiled....

"A re-conceptualisation of the widely-held concept of the "resource curse," which contends that resource booms inevitably lead to numerous political, social and economic problems. This book counters that these problems are by no means inevitable, but are rather the direct result of specific...