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100 _aRoss, Michael L
245 0 _aOil curse: how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations , fourth reprint
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aPrinceton
_bPrinceton University Press
_c2013
300 _axxi, 289 p.
500 _aSuggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra
505 _a2Indigenous 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
520 _aCountries 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
650 _aCivil war -- Developing countries
650 _aDeveloping countries -- Economic policy
650 _aDeveloping countries -- Economic policy -- Econometric models
650 _aNatural resources -- Developing countries
650 _aPetroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries
650 _aPetroleum products -- Prices
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