Identifies and explains the essential elements of legislative frameworks that have attracted foreign direct investment into the petroleum sector and hence fostered development of petroleum resources in host states. The main purpose of a legislative framework for petroleum development is to...

The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of Latin American "dependencia theory" for five dimensions of development (democracy and human rights, environment, human development and basic human needs satisfaction, gender justice, redistribution, growth and employment) on a global...