One of the most-studied issues regarding the role of natural resources in development is the so-called “resource curse”: the paradoxical (and contested) situation in which a state with abundant resources has low rates of economic growth per capita, high levels of income inequality, low...

Small-scale hydropower (SHP) is attracting international attention as a reliable and flexible renewable energy option. In the United States, federal agencies have recently examined new SHP sites for development and assessed existing non-powered dam infrastructure for additional generation...