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In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries … governance (entailing “voice & accountability†and political stability) and institutional governance (consisting of the rule … attendant governance variables are understood within the framework that such variables are negatively skewed, it becomes …
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success in spreading and embedding governance norms, ranging across revenue transparency, contract disclosure, supply chain …The governance of natural resource wealth is widely considered to constitute a key determinant in whether the … extraction of natural resources proves to be a blessing or a curse. What is meant by governance can span a wide range of …
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In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries … governance (entailing “voice & accountability” and political stability) and institutional governance (consisting of the rule of … attendant governance variables are understood within the framework that such variables are negatively skewed, it becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013294523
This study investigates how governance and infrastructure modulate the effect of natural resource rents on economic … linear and the underlying non-linearity is contingent on existing infrastructural and governance levels. Second, evidence of … a "natural resource curse" is apparent in countries with extremely low levels of governance and infrastructural …
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This study investigates how governance and infrastructure moderate the effect of natural resource rents on economic … governance levels. Second, evidence of a "natural resource curse" is apparent in countries with extremely low levels of … governance and infrastructural development. Third, the favorable effect of natural resources on economic growth requires a …
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An important question in development studies is how abundance of natural resources affects long-term economic growth. No consensus answer, however, has yet emerged, with approximately 40% of empirical papers finding a negative effect, 40% finding no effect, and 20% finding a positive effect....
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An important question in development studies is how abundance of natural resources affects long-term economic growth. No consensus answer, however, has yet emerged, with approximately 40% of empirical papers finding a negative effect, 40% finding no effect, and 20% finding a positive effect....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011375693
market and social service provisions. These reforms are heavily dependent on funding from either foreign sources or natural … governance is rather ambiguous to the majority of the electorate as there is often a weakfiscal contract between them and the …
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Using a dynamic model with non-renewable natural resources and endogenous knowledge creation, the paper analyses economic development under conditions which are generally considered as most unfavourable. We assume poor substitution between primary input factors, positive population growth and a...
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It has long been recognized that the quality of property rights greatly impacts the economic development of a country and the use of its natural resources. Since Long (1975), the conventional wisdom has been that ownership risk induces a firm to overuse the stock of a resource. However, the...
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