From Curse To Blessing?

This book investigates how revenues derived from natural resource exploitation can be translated into real benefits for the citizens of resource-rich countries <ul> <li/> <div>Shows how despite unprecedentedly high prices of natural resources such as oil and gas on the global market, resource-rich countries are home to over 60% of the world’s poorest people</div> <li/> <div>Discusses the counterintuitive phenomenon known as the “resource curse” and how mineral wealth can impoverish countries</div> <li/> <div>Presents the major obstacles for the international community in the fight against poverty and in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals</div> <li/> <div>Debates the ways to lift the curse, and suggests policy interventions to break the vicious circle</div> <li/> <div>Includes cross-country comparisons as well as focussing on countries such as <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st=”on”>Azerbaijan</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>, Democratic Republic of Congo, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st=”on”>Nigeria</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> and the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st=”on”><ST1:PLACE w:st=”on”>Russian Federation</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></div> </ul>