There are frequent suggestions that economies that specialize in mineral and energy extraction generate a type of growth that fails to concurrently benefit the poor. The dynamic effects creating this outcome could include increasing income inequality associated with extraction-led growth or...

There are frequent suggestions that countries specializing in mineral and energy extraction have a type of growth that is bad for the poor. Others claim that extraction-led growth is particularly good for the poor. Both claims are made without the support of substantial empirical evidence. This...