Gboyega, Alex; Soreide, Tina; Le, Tuan Minh; Shukla, G. P. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2011
The relatively slow pace of Nigeria's development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse whereby the nature of the state as a"rentier"dilutes accountability for development and political actors are able to manipulate institutions to sustain poor governance. The impact...