The main purpose of this work is to examine the role of legal and contractual terms, and domestic policies in attracting and dealing with oil investment in both developing and developed countries. Sudan and the UK are used as case studies, since both countries discovered oil in the early 1970s....

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the socio-economic impact of the allocation of royalties from oil extraction on regional development through a case study on the Basilicata region (Italy). We examine how the regional government's chosen policies have impacted the income of Basilicata...