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Resource Curse' (resource + curse)

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Humanities and Social Sciences57%
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting42%

Selected Abstracts

GHANA: Avoiding the Resource Curse

AFRICA RESEARCH BULLETIN: ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SERIES, Issue 1 2010
Article first published online: 8 MAR 2010
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Institutions and the Resource Curse,

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Issue 508 2006
Halvor Mehlum
Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for these diverging experiences is differences in the quality of institutions. More natural resources push aggregate income down, when institutions are grabber friendly, while more resources raise income, when institutions are producer friendly. We test this theory building on Sachs and Warner's influential works on the resource curse. Our main hypothesis , that institutions are decisive for the resource curse , is confirmed. Our results contrast the claims of Sachs and Warner that institutions do not play a role. [source]

Pursuing community forestry in Liberia

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 5 2009
Jennifer N. Lamb
Abstract While Liberian forests are a biodiversity hotspot and integral to the livelihoods of indigenous communities, 14 years of conflict forestry turned this national asset into a source of economic inequality and corruption in an extreme example of a ,natural resource curse'. Moreover, overharvesting of timber through the conflict period has endangered community livelihoods and raised concerns regarding resource sustainability from international conservation organizations. Since the end of conflict in 2003, the Liberian government has forged international partnerships to create a reformed policy framework balancing commercial, conservation and community (the three Cs) interests. In an effort to contribute to the larger body of work on the role of natural resource management institutions in the creation and fostering of the resource curse, this paper offers a case study of timber in Liberia. We feel that an in-depth understanding of the Liberian case clarifies the challenge of timber as an extractive commodity and how the institutional framework can be shaped to provide a positive contribution to economic development. The discussion focuses on the historical development of Liberian land and forest tenure institutions that lead to poverty, ecological degradation and conflict. Tracing the more recent implementation of the three Cs, this paper analyzes the current conditions of community engagement and outlines critical steps to be taken for Liberia to escape further resource driven cycles of conflict. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source]

Institutions and the Resource Curse,

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Issue 508 2006
Halvor Mehlum
Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for these diverging experiences is differences in the quality of institutions. More natural resources push aggregate income down, when institutions are grabber friendly, while more resources raise income, when institutions are producer friendly. We test this theory building on Sachs and Warner's influential works on the resource curse. Our main hypothesis , that institutions are decisive for the resource curse , is confirmed. Our results contrast the claims of Sachs and Warner that institutions do not play a role. [source]

Pursuing community forestry in Liberia

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 5 2009
Jennifer N. Lamb
Abstract While Liberian forests are a biodiversity hotspot and integral to the livelihoods of indigenous communities, 14 years of conflict forestry turned this national asset into a source of economic inequality and corruption in an extreme example of a ,natural resource curse'. Moreover, overharvesting of timber through the conflict period has endangered community livelihoods and raised concerns regarding resource sustainability from international conservation organizations. Since the end of conflict in 2003, the Liberian government has forged international partnerships to create a reformed policy framework balancing commercial, conservation and community (the three Cs) interests. In an effort to contribute to the larger body of work on the role of natural resource management institutions in the creation and fostering of the resource curse, this paper offers a case study of timber in Liberia. We feel that an in-depth understanding of the Liberian case clarifies the challenge of timber as an extractive commodity and how the institutional framework can be shaped to provide a positive contribution to economic development. The discussion focuses on the historical development of Liberian land and forest tenure institutions that lead to poverty, ecological degradation and conflict. Tracing the more recent implementation of the three Cs, this paper analyzes the current conditions of community engagement and outlines critical steps to be taken for Liberia to escape further resource driven cycles of conflict. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source]

Resource abundance vs. resource dependence in cross-country growth regressions

OPEC ENERGY REVIEW, Issue 2 2010
Annika Kropf
Having analysed the macroeconomic performance of large oil exporters, I found that, in many cases, rents from natural resources have been successfully used to enhance economic growth. Nevertheless, adherents of the ,resource curse' seem to have found ample evidence suggesting that resource-abundant countries grow slower than resource-poor countries. A review of empirical research on the ,resource curse' reveals that the variables used were usually proxies for resource dependence. These variables introduce a bias, making less developed economies per se more resource ,abundant' than developed economies. As a consequence, a new variable, not containing any information on a country's stage of development, was introduced. Comparing the variables on resource dependence and resource abundance in a model by Sachs and Warner, resource abundance was not significant. In a new model, resource abundance was even positively correlated with growth. [source]

Blood, timber, and the state in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

ASIA PACIFIC VIEWPOINT, Issue 1 2008
Gerry Van Klinken
Abstract: West Kalimantan (West Borneo) has a history of violent communal conflict.1 It also has extensive forests that have been looted for decades. The argument will be that these two are linked, but not by the grievances of the forest dwellers. Except in its first few days, the two main episodes of 1997 and 1999 were not driven mainly by grievances among marginal groups. Rather, explanations based on the ,resource curse' carry more weight. These focus attention on the contested nature of the state, rather than on rebellious activities of marginal groups. When state institutions were thrown into disarray by the sudden resignation of President Suharto in 1998, Dayak militants already close to state power rewrote the rules of local politics by demonstratively ,cleansing' certain areas of an unpopular immigrant minority. This theatrical manoeuvre impressed political rivals sufficiently to allow Dayaks to gain control over several timber-rich districts, which had a thriving black economy. Malays later imitated these techniques to stem the tide. [source]