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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464951203321

Titolo

Rents to riches? [[electronic resource] ] : the political economy of natural resource led development / / Naazneen Barma ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011

ISBN

1-283-44657-X

9786613446572

0-8213-8716-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarmaNaazneen

Disciplina

333.709172/4

Soggetti

Natural resources - Developing countries - Management

Natural resources - Government policy - Developing countries

Natural resources - Taxation - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: 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.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource management. From the perspective of public interest or good governance, many resource-dependent developing countries pursue apparently short-sighted and sub-optimal policies in relation to the extraction and capture of resource rents, and to spending and savings from their resource endowments. This work contextualizes these micro-level choices and outcomes.