Search Results - subject:"NATURAL RESOURCES"

Can the world get along without natural resources?

Fix, Blair - 2020

remarkable delusion: "The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources." What a naive animal, the aliens conclude …. While sucking the planet dry, the animal proclaimed its independence from natural resources. No wonder it went extinct. …

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Investigating the fiscal resource curse: What's China got to do with it?

Chachu, Daniel; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - 2020

natural resources. We employ a novel instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of resource revenues on non …

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From fiscal stabilization to economic diversification: A developmental approach to managing resource revenues

Chang, Ha-joon; Lebdioui, Amir - 2020

The management of revenues from exhaustible natural resources involves a number of challenges. In this paper, we argue …

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Oil wealth and development in Uganda and beyond: Prospects, opportunities and challenges

Langer, Arnim (contributor); Ukiwo, Ukoha (contributor); … - 2020

Large quantities of oil were discovered in the Albertine Rift Valley in Western Uganda in 2006. The sound management of these oil resources and revenues is undoubtedly one of the key public policy challenges for Uganda as it is for other African countries with large oil and/or gas endowments....

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We Don't Need No Education: The Effect of Natural Resource Income Shocks on Human Capital

Gradstein, Mark; Ishak, Phoebe W. - 2020

We explore the effects of persistent income shocks on human capital using oil price fluctuations in a large sample of relevant African countries and employing micro data from multiple waves of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Theoretically, such shocks enable human capital investment via...

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Commodity shocks, factor intensity and conflicts in Africa

Gantier Mita, Marcelo - 2020

Natural resources are often related to conflicts. The Dal B'o & Dal B'o (2011) theory states that income shocks affect …

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The role of natural resources in economic growth: New evidence from Pakistan

Shabbir, Aiza; Kousar, Shazia; Kousar, Farzana - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 25 (2020) 50, pp. 221-238

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of natural resources in economic growth by taking …

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Vector-borne diseases and economic activity: Evidence from historical farmer productivity in the US

Malpede, Maurizio - 2020

This study provides an estimation of the causal relationship between the reduction in malaria transmission and farmer agricultural productivity. Exploiting exogenous geographic variations in the stability of malaria and using historical disaggregated county data for the US together with a robust...

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Sustainability as a multi-criteria concept: new developments and applications

Díaz Balteiro, Luis (contributor); … - 2020

Sustainability is a fairly old concept, born in the 18th century in the field of forestry, within a mono-functionality perspective. The concept has considerably evolved in the last few years towards a multi-functionality context, with applications reported in practically all areas of economic...

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The role of natural and human resources on economic growth and regional development: With discussion of open innovation dynamics

Saleh, Haeruddin; Surya, Batara; Ahmad, Despry Nur Annisa; … - In: Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and … 6 (2020) 4, pp. 1-23

Bulukumba Regency; (2) The influence of natural resources, human resources, community culture and regulation on economic growth … optimizing the use of natural resources without human resource development causes its contribution to economic growth in … natural resources, human resources, and community culture together has a significant effect on economic growth in Bulukumba …

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