Mineral Wealth and Economic Development (Resources for the Future) - Softcover

 
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Many low-income mineral-exporting countries have seen their per capita income decline or their standards of living stagnate over the last several decades. Is it possible, contrary to natural expectations, that domestic mineral wealth actually retards development and growth? Lectures by leading scholars identify factors that lie behind the negative performance and offer specific policy guidance to help make mineral wealth an engine for economic development.

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Many low-income mineral exporting countries have seen their per capita income decline or their standard of living stagnate over the last several decades. In appraisals prepared originally for the John M. Olin Distinguished Lectureship Series in Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines, prominent analysts identify reasons behind the surpris

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