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Beyond the resource curse /

Beyond the Resource Curse focuses on the paradoxical relationship between natural wealth and economic security and examines the particular pitfalls and consistent problems facing oil and gas exporting states and contributes to a better comprehension of the perils of oil and gas export.

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Shaffer, Brenda; Ziyadov, Taleh
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2012]
©2012
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Energy policy.
Petroleum reserves.
Power resources.
Resource curse.
International relations.
Natural gas reserves.
Nat rliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt.
Political Science, other.
Political science.
Social sciences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Policy. > Economic Policy.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812206173
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Summary: Beyond the Resource Curse focuses on the paradoxical relationship between natural wealth and economic security and examines the particular pitfalls and consistent problems facing oil and gas exporting states and contributes to a better comprehension of the perils of oil and gas export.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (512 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9780812206173
Index Number: HD9502
CLC: F416.2
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction /
1. The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey /
2. Sometimes the Grass Is Indeed Greener: The Successful Use of Energy Revenues /
3. Is There a Policy Learning Curve? Trinidad and Tobago and the 2004 8 Hydrocarbon Boom /
4. The Illusion of Unlimited Supply: Iran and Energy Subsidies /
5. Challenges Facing Central Banks in Oil- Exporting Countries: The Case of Azerbaijan /
6. Power to the Producers: The Challenges of Electricity Provision in Major Energy- Exporting States /
7. The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State- Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia /
8. Education Reform in Energy- Exporting States: The Post- Soviet Experience in Comparative Perspective /
9. Is Norway Really Norway? /
10. Energy Exporters and the International Energy Agency /
11. Resource Nationalism and Oil Development: Profit or Peril? /
12. Natural Resources, Domestic Instability, and International Conflicts /
13. Petroleum, Governance, and Fragility: The Micro- Politics of Petroleum in Postconflict States /
Conclusion: Constant Perils, Policy Responses, and Lessons to Be Learned /
Notes --
Contributors --
Index --
Acknowledgments /

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