The Oil Curse : How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations /

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Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Michael Lewin, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Produits petroliers > Prix.
Economische ontwikkeling.
Aardolie.
Women > Social conditions.
Revenue.
Petroleum products > Prices.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy.
Natural resources.
Economic policy.
Civil war.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
Civil war > Developing countries.
Natural resources > Developing countries.
Women > Developing countries > Social conditions.
Revenue > Developing countries.
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy > Developing countries.
Developing countries.
Developing countries > Economic policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth--and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing. Ross traces the oil curse to the upheaval of the 1970s, when oil prices soared and governments across the developing world seized control of their countries' oil industries.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781400841929

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