Beyond the curse policies to harness the power of natural resources

Countries with an abundance of natural resources, many of which are in sub-Saharan Africa, often show a record of relatively poor economic performance compared with non-resource-rich countries. The chapters in this volume explore the potential challenges to countries with abundant natural resources...

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Autores Corporativos: Bank al-Jazāʼir (-), IMF Institute, Fondo Monetario Internacional
Otros Autores: Arezki, Rabah (-), Gylfason, Thorvaldur, 1951-, Sy, Amadou N. R.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washigton, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund c2011.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview / Leslie Lipschitz
  • Natural resource endowment : a mixed blessing? / Thorvaldur Gylfason
  • Primary commodities : historical perspectives and prospects / Marian Radetzki
  • Economic diversification in resource-rich countries / Alan Gelb
  • Finance and oil : is there a resource curse? / Thorsten Beck
  • The economics of sovereign wealth funds : lessons from Norway / Thomas Ekeli and Amadou N.R. Sy
  • Primary commodity price series : lessons for policymakers in resource-rich countries / Kaddour Hadri
  • Sustainable fiscal policy for mineral-base economies / Kirk Hamilton and Eduardo Ley
  • Fiscal policy in commodity-exporting countries : stability and growth / Rabah Arezki
  • How can commodity exporters make fiscal and monetary policy less procyclical? / Jeffrey Frankel
  • Natural resources management and financial stability : evidence from Algeria / Mohammed Laksaci
  • Copper, the real exchange rate and macroeconomic fluctuations in Chile / José de Gregorio and Felipe Labbé
  • The political economy of reform in resource-rich countries / Ragnar Torvik
  • Terms of trade and growth of resource economies : contrasting evidence from two African countries / Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Anthony Owusu Gyapong.