Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called “resource curse” is said to materialize. By assessing empirical evidence on sub-Saharan Africa it concludes that the resource curse theory fails to sufficiently explain why and how several countries have not or only partly been affected by the “curse”. Theoretically, the paper argues that whether or not natural resources are detrimental to a country’s socio-economic and political development depends on a number of contextual variables, divided into coun...
As a concept and policy lesson, the “resource curse” idea gained popularity in the late 1980s and ea...
The African continent provides majority of the world’s raw material for technology and fine jewelry....
The continent of Africa is one of economic paradox: Abundant natural resources lie within many of th...
Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly...
Recent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and violent conflict ...
The issue of the resource curse has been central to the academic debate since the 1990s. In recent y...
Countries with an abundance of highly valued natural resources face the possibility of thriving or s...
We show that if Africa is subject to the curse of natural resources it is because this continent has...
The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region has become a classic case of the resource-curse phenomenon chara...
This paper takes a critical look at the natural resource curse in countries in sub-Saharan Africa an...
This ARI addresses the analytical and empirical links between resource extraction, governance and de...
For about three decades now, development economics researchers have consistently claimed that third ...
Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the wor...
This article articulates Acemoglu-Robinson's theory of inclusive and exclusive institutions to the t...
Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the wor...
As a concept and policy lesson, the “resource curse” idea gained popularity in the late 1980s and ea...
The African continent provides majority of the world’s raw material for technology and fine jewelry....
The continent of Africa is one of economic paradox: Abundant natural resources lie within many of th...
Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly...
Recent research has increasingly questioned the link between natural resources and violent conflict ...
The issue of the resource curse has been central to the academic debate since the 1990s. In recent y...
Countries with an abundance of highly valued natural resources face the possibility of thriving or s...
We show that if Africa is subject to the curse of natural resources it is because this continent has...
The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region has become a classic case of the resource-curse phenomenon chara...
This paper takes a critical look at the natural resource curse in countries in sub-Saharan Africa an...
This ARI addresses the analytical and empirical links between resource extraction, governance and de...
For about three decades now, development economics researchers have consistently claimed that third ...
Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the wor...
This article articulates Acemoglu-Robinson's theory of inclusive and exclusive institutions to the t...
Despite the recent growth resurgence, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the poorest region in the wor...
As a concept and policy lesson, the “resource curse” idea gained popularity in the late 1980s and ea...
The African continent provides majority of the world’s raw material for technology and fine jewelry....
The continent of Africa is one of economic paradox: Abundant natural resources lie within many of th...