This paper focuses on the interactions between local communities having at least some degree of informal claims over natural resources and external agents, particularly firms interested in commercial resource exploitation. The paper makes three contributions to the existing literature. First,...

A windfall of natural resource revenue (or foreign aid) faces government with choices of how to manage public debt, investment, and the distribution of funds for consumption, particularly if the windfall is both anticipated and temporary. We show that the permanent income hypothesis prescription...

Although primary industries are important to developing countries, they have been largely unable to contribute to rapid growth. Systematically strengthening the development of local technology-intensive suppliers (t-suppliers), however, may contribute to both reinforcing the industrial base and...

Rohstoffe sind noch immer Hauptexportprodukte vieler Länder mit geringem Einkommen und somit Hauptquelle für ihre Exporterlöse. Preisschwankungen an internationalen Rohstoffmärkten stellen daher für diese Länder ein erhebliches Problem dar. Sie beeinflussen die Staatseinnahmen, die...