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Why do we see boom-and-bust growth in fragile and conflict-affected states?
One of the most pressing challenges in development policy is to bring about rapid, sustained, and inclusive growth in developing countries...
Fragile states Conflict Economic growthWorking Paper
Are we measuring natural resource wealth correctly?: A reconceptualization of natural resource value in the era of climate changeUnderlying the management of revenues from natural resource extraction is a set of assumptions about how abundant and how valuable these resources are...
Natural resources Valuation environmental impactWorking Paper
Natural resources, institutions, and economic transformation in MozambiqueIn the light of Mozambique’s natural resources boom—especially its large-scale investments in mining, oil, and gas—this paper analyses the prospects for the extractive industries to contribute to economic transformation from an inst...
Economic transformation Extractive industries InstitutionsWorking Paper
From fiscal stabilization to economic diversification: A developmental approach to managing resource revenuesThe management of revenues from exhaustible natural resources involves a number of challenges...
Commodity dependence Economic development Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Investigating the fiscal resource curse: What’s China got to do with it?The term fiscal resource curse refers to countries’ inability to raise taxes from a broad base in the presence of natural resources...
China Infrastructure Natural resourcesBook Chapter
Construction and public procurement in UgandaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Construction sector Procurement Natural resourcesBook Chapter
Local content: Are there benefits for Tanzania?From the book: Mining for Change
Extractive industries Local content MiningBook Chapter
Gas in Tanzania: Adapting to new realitiesFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Rowing against the current: Economic diversification in AfricaExtractive industries Natural resources Diversification
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Understanding the boomFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsJournal Article
The heterogeneous effect of oil discoveries on democracyThis paper evaluates the existence of a resource curse on political regimes using the Synthetic Control Method...
Democracy Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Unofficial sovereign wealth funds and duration in power in AfricaThis paper argues that in weak states, leaders whose hold on power is secured by the public fortune have turned to the use of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), especially unofficial SWFs, to cement their hold on power...
Autonomy Natural resources political survivalWorking Paper
Construction and public procurement in UgandaAs it transitions to an oil-producing country, Uganda’s investments in infrastructure and physical capital will increasingly depend on the ability of the construction sector to respond to surges in demand and transform investment effort into ou...
Construction sector Procurement Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Understanding the boom: A framing paperA significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated...
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking Paper
Understanding the boom: Country study—TanzaniaThere are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas...
Developing countries Institutions Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Optimal local content for extractive industries: How can policies best create benefits for Tanzania?Tanzania is rich with natural resources, which have significant potential to contribute to the country’s economic development...
Extractive industries Local content Mining