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To What Extent Resource Discovery Influences the Politics of Fiscal Decentralization
“North Sea oil and gas reserves are another matter of much dispute. Mr Salmond says an independent Scotland would earmark a tenth of revenues – which the Yes campaign puts at about £1bn a year – to form a Norwegian-style … Continue reading
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Tagged Development, Natural Resources, Public Goods
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Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa: Isolating Facts from Fiction
The Causality Question Evolutionary biologists have long argued that competition over scarce natural resources is one of the key drivers of violent conflict within and across species. The competition in Africa appears to be over the revenue generated from scarce … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war, Coltan, Conflict, Development, Natural Resources
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Conflict Minerals, Consumers and Industry Lobbying
For years a number of academics and advocacy groups have highlighted the role of minerals in civil wars. Minerals like tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold often provide rebel groups with a valuable source of finance. For example a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Coltan, Conflict, Development, Exports, Minerals, Natural Resources
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What is the impact of natural resource booms on income inequality? Some lessons from Australia
Commodity price shocks can have powerful but unequal effects on labour, capital and land. A large literature, often referred to as the ‘Dutch Disease’ literature, documents the effects of these commodity booms on factors of production. An increase in global … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Exports, Inequality, Institutions, Natural Resources, Trade
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