This paper presents a critical survey of the literature on the "resource curse", focusing on three main questions: (i) are natural resources bad for development
Explaining—and solving—the oil curse in the developing world Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more fre
Debunks the view that natural resources lead to terrible outcomes by demonstrating that oil and minerals are actually a blessing.
The Political Economy of the Natural Resources Curse focuses on political economy theories of the resource curse and scrutinizes how well, or poorly, these theo
A novel empirical study of the 'resource curse' and the state response in contemporary China.
