Oil to cash : fighting the resource curse through cash transfers / / Todd Moss, Caroline Lambert, and Stephanie Majerowicz

• Autore: Moss Todd J. <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Center for Global Development, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.5/22
• Soggetto topico: Natural resources; Transfer payments; Petroleum industry and trade; Poverty; Economic development
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): LambertCaroline; MajerowiczStephanie
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Pity the Lottery Winner; Giving Money Directly to the Poor; The Devil's Excrement?; Designing the Implementing Oil-to-Cash; Gauging the Benefits of Oil-to-Cash; Oil-to-Cash Won't Work Here! Answers to Ten Common Objections; Where Might Oil-to-Cash Happen?; References; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: What should a country do if it suddenly discovers oil and gas? How should it spend the subsequent cash windfall? How can it protect against corruption? How can citizens truly benefit from national wealth? With many of the world's poorest and most fragile states suddenly joining the ranks of oil and gas producers, these are pressing policy questions. Oil to Cash explores one option that may help avoid the so-called resource curse: just give the money directly to citizens. A universal, transparent, and regular cash transfer would not only provide a concrete benefit to regular people, but would a
• Titolo autorizzato: Oil to cash
• ISBN: 1-933286-87-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460268303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II