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Oil booms and business busts : why resource wealth hurts entrepreneurs in the developing world /

The book offers a new way of thinking about the development challenges of oil-producing countries--the ""resource curse"" phenomenon--by looking at how policymakers approach the business environment for private firms and entrepreneurs. Quantitative analysis is combined with in-de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazaheri, Nimah (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Natural resources > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Entrepreneurship > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Economic development > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Industrial policy > Developing countries.
Petroleum industry and trade > Developing countries.
Ressources naturelles > Aspect politique > Pays en voie de développement.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Pays en voie de développement.
Entrepreneuriat > Aspect politique > Pays en voie de développement.
Développement économique > Aspect politique > Pays en voie de développement.
Politique industrielle > Pays en voie de développement.
Economic development > Political aspects
Industrial policy
Natural resources > Political aspects
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
Developing countries
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The importance of everything but oil
  • A theory about oil, policymakers, and the business environment
  • Oil and the business environment in Iran
  • Doing business in India's mining belt
  • Reform in the Gulf Arab context: Saudi Arabia since the 1990s
  • Conclusion.