Shortly after oil production commenced in 2004, Timor-Leste became one of the most oil dependent countries in the world. The purpose of this piece is to assess whether Timor-Leste has been suffering from the typical political and economic ailments associated with the ‘resource curse’ hypothesis. The study critically analyses available evidence with reference to some of the common manifestations of the resource curse: conflict, rent-seeking behavior, Dutch disease and revenue volatility. It confirms that all of the examined mechanisms of the resource curse are present in Timor-Leste to varying degrees. This does not necessarily point to a causal relationship between mineral dependence and these socio-economic problems. Many of these problems...
The article addresses the phenomenon of “resource curse” as it affects countries that are dependent ...
Since 2001, hundreds of academic studies have examined the “resource curse, ” meaning the claim that...
This study aims to examine the hypothesis of natural resources curse in Indonesia in the era of regi...
Shortly after oil production commenced in 2004, Timor-Leste became one of the most oil dependent cou...
Timor-Leste is one of the world’s most petroleumexport- dependent countries. Although petroleum reve...
After Timor-Leste restored independence in 2002, the new nation established a rigorous system to man...
This article provides a critical survey of the resource curse—the idea that mineral and fuel abundan...
This thesis explores the institutional choices available to Timor-Leste to manage their natural reso...
Timor-Leste is among the youngest nations in the world. It started its independence under difficult ...
This thesis examines three plausible explanations for the natural resource curse phenomenon– the Dut...
Contemporary political economy research suggests that whether a country falls prey to the resource c...
International audienceThis chapter discusses whether the Middle East and North African (MENA) countr...
We investigate the effect of resource dependence on district level income in a rare within-country s...
This paper provides an extensive review of the rapidly growing literature on the resource curse phen...
According to the resource curse thesis (RCT) of the 1990s, a strand of development discourse informe...
The article addresses the phenomenon of “resource curse” as it affects countries that are dependent ...
Since 2001, hundreds of academic studies have examined the “resource curse, ” meaning the claim that...
This study aims to examine the hypothesis of natural resources curse in Indonesia in the era of regi...
Shortly after oil production commenced in 2004, Timor-Leste became one of the most oil dependent cou...
Timor-Leste is one of the world’s most petroleumexport- dependent countries. Although petroleum reve...
After Timor-Leste restored independence in 2002, the new nation established a rigorous system to man...
This article provides a critical survey of the resource curse—the idea that mineral and fuel abundan...
This thesis explores the institutional choices available to Timor-Leste to manage their natural reso...
Timor-Leste is among the youngest nations in the world. It started its independence under difficult ...
This thesis examines three plausible explanations for the natural resource curse phenomenon– the Dut...
Contemporary political economy research suggests that whether a country falls prey to the resource c...
International audienceThis chapter discusses whether the Middle East and North African (MENA) countr...
We investigate the effect of resource dependence on district level income in a rare within-country s...
This paper provides an extensive review of the rapidly growing literature on the resource curse phen...
According to the resource curse thesis (RCT) of the 1990s, a strand of development discourse informe...
The article addresses the phenomenon of “resource curse” as it affects countries that are dependent ...
Since 2001, hundreds of academic studies have examined the “resource curse, ” meaning the claim that...
This study aims to examine the hypothesis of natural resources curse in Indonesia in the era of regi...