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Resource abundance and economic development

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  • "Since the 1960s the resource-poor countries have grown much faster that the resource-rich ones. This reflects basic differences in the speed of industrialization and the nature of the political state that are rooted in the natural resource endowment. Most resource-rich countries experienced a growth collapse in the 1960s and 1970s. This book shows how policies for economic recovery must be adapted to reflect differences in the natural resource base and type of political state. - ;Since the 1960s the per capita incomes of the resource-poor countries have grown significantly faster than those of the resource-abundant countries. In fact, in recent years economic growth has been inversely proportional to the share of natural resource rents in GDP, so that the small mineral-driven economies have performed least well and the oil-driven economies worst of all. Yet the mineral-driven resource-rich economies have high growth potential because the mineral exports boost their capacity to invest and to import. "Resource Abundance and Economic Development" explains the disappointing performance of resource-abundant countries by extending the growth accounting framework to include natural and social capital. The resulting synthesis identifies two contrasting development trajectories: the competitive industrialization of the resource-poor countries and the staple trap of many resource-abundant countries. The resource-poor countries are less prone to policy failure than the resource-abundant countries because social pressures force the political state to align its interests with the majority poor and follow relatively prudent policies. Resource-abundant countries are more likely to engender political states in which vested interests vie to capture resource surpluses (rents) at the expense of policy coherence. A longer dependence on primary product exports also delays industrialization, heightens income inequality, and retards skill accumulation. Fears of 'Dutch disease' encourage efforts to force industrialization through trade policy to protect infant industry. The resulting slow-maturing manufacturing sector demands transfers from the primary sector that outstrip the natural resource rents and sap the competitiveness of the economy."
  • "This text explains the disappointing performance of resource-abundant countries by extending the growth accounting framework to include natural and social capital."

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  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Electronic books"
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  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Llibres electrònics"

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  • "Resource abundance and economic development : a study"
  • "Resource abundance and economic development"@en
  • "Resource abundance and economic development"
  • "Resource Abundance and Economic Development"
  • "Resource abundance and economic development : a study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)"@en
  • "Resource abundance and economic development : a study prepared for the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU/WIDER)"

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