1. Introduction -- 2. Developing country growth and the commodity terms of trade -- 3. The statistical properites of commodity prices -- 4. Country case studies : primary commodities and economic development -- 5. Conclusion : commodity dependence in developing countries: economic destiny or...

List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: resource governance at a time of plenty -- Theoretical debates in natural resource politics -- States and markets in the context of a resource boom : engaging with critical IPE --...