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Rents to riches? : the political economy of natural resource-led development /

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Rents to Riches> focuses on the political economy of the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the natural resource management (NRM) value chain. Many resource-dependent developing countries pursue seemingly shortsighted and suboptimal policies when extracting, taxing, and inve...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barma, Naazneen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2012]
Subjects:
Natural resources > Developing countries > Management.
Natural resources > Government policy > Developing countries.
Natural resources > Taxation > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Natural resources > Government policy.
Natural resources > Management.
Natural resources > Taxation.
Poverty.
Developing countries.
Online Access:http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821384800
Table of Contents:
  • Beyond the resource curse
  • The political economy of the natural resource paradox
  • Extracting resource wealth : the political economy of sector organization
  • Taxing resource wealth : the political economy of fiscal regimes
  • Investing resource wealth : the political economy of public infrastructure provision
  • Conclusion : collaborative engagement to address the resource paradox.