Oil Is Not a Curse

Erika (Duke University, North Carolina) Weinthal, Pauline (Brown University, Rhode Island) Jones Luong

Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Petroleum-rich countries in the developing world are thought to be cursed: destined, because of their wealth, to suffer from poor economic performance, unbalanced growth, weak states, and authoritarian regimes. This book argues that these outcomes are linked to the ownership structure that petroleum-rich states choose to manage their wealth.

ISBN-13
9780521765770
ISBN-10
0521765773
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
Publication date
2010-08-30
Pages
446
Dimensions
242x166x30
Weight
756