Rents to riches? : the political economy of natural resource-led development /

This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently short-sigh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Barma, Naazneen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, Ã2012.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Natural resources > Developing countries > Management.
Natural resources > Government policy > Developing countries.
Natural resources > Taxation > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Natural resources > Government policy
Natural resources > Management
Natural resources > Taxation
Poverty
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: beyond the resource curse
  • The political economy of the natural resource paradox
  • Extracting resource wealth : the political economy of sector organization
  • Taxing resource wealth : the political economy of fiscal regimes
  • Investing resource wealth : the political economy of public infrastructure provision
  • Conclusion : collaborative engagement to address the resource paradox
  • Appendix: Resource-dependent countries
  • basic economic and institutional characteristics of extractive industry (EI).

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