This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive...

This report and guidance note has been prepared by the program on forests (PROFOR), a multi-donor partnership housed at the World Bank, in order to build a body of knowledge and global good practice to support public expenditure reviews (PERs) in the forest sector. Understanding the processes...

This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive...