Oil curse: how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations , fourth reprint

Ross, Michael L

Oil curse: how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations , fourth reprint - 1st ed. - Princeton Princeton University Press 2013 - xxi, 289 p.

Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra

2Indigenous Business and Financial Practices; Chapter Two The Trouble with Oil Revenues; pt. 2 POWER AND POLITICS; The political roots of development; I have rights, therefore I am; How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia's Chiquitano people; I read, therefore I am; I surf, therefore I am; We organise, therefore we are; How change happens: Winning women's rights in Morocco; I own, therefore I am; I vote, therefore I am; I steal, therefore I am: Natural resources, corruption, and development; From poverty to power; From poverty to power

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 de

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Civil war -- Developing countries
Developing countries -- Economic policy
Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Econometric models
Natural resources -- Developing countries
Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries
Petroleum products -- Prices

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