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Fiscal dependence on extractive revenues: Measurement and conceptsThe aims of this paper are twofold...
Extractives Government revenue TaxationBlog
Mozambique's difficult decade: Three lessons to inform next stepsAt the start of the last decade, Mozambique’s prospects looked stellar...
Foreign Direct Investment Foreign investments Natural resource managementWorking Paper
The electric vehicle revolution: Economic and policy implications for natural resource exporters in developing countriesThe emergence of a mass market for electric vehicles (EVs) offers considerable development opportunities for resource exporters, given their intensive raw material requirements, including for cobalt, nickel, lithium, copper, aluminium, and manganese...
Transportation Raw materials Resource curseBook Chapter
Gas in Tanzania: Adapting to new realitiesFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsBook Chapter
Mozambique—bust before boom: Reflections on investment surges and new gasFrom the book: Mining for Change
Economic diversification Economic transformation Extractive industriesWorking Paper
Is there a fiscal resource curse?: Resource rents, fiscal capacity, and political institutions in developing economiesStates’ fiscal capacity plays a pivotal role in developing economies, but it is less clear what its determinants are or what explains cross-country differences. We focus on the impact of natural resources...
State capacity Fiscal capacity Resource curseBook Chapter
Understanding the boomFrom the book: Mining for Change
Developing countries Institutions MacroeconomicsWorking 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 MacroeconomicsResearch Brief
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Mozambique—bust before boom: Reflections on investment surges and new gasThis paper is a sequel to an earlier paper that looked in broad terms at many of the issues that Mozambique faces today in managing its new extractive resources...
Economic diversification Economic transformation Extractive industriesBlog
New book from Oxford University Press looks at how to make extractive industries sustainable and inclusive
Originally posted by Oxford Policy Management The extractives sector, and the way it works, continues to change rapidly and its importance to many lower-income economies continues to increase...
Extractive industries Resource curse Policy coordinationBook Chapter
The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix: Re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic developmentFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Development Oil GasWorking Paper
Extractives for development: Ten main messagesCountries face both challenges and opportunities in using their extractive industries to achieve more inclusive development—particularly in the developing world...
Extractive industries Resource wealth Resource curseResearch Brief
Potential benefits and pitfalls of extractives in Mozambique: Lessons from international experienceMozambique has seen a significant expansion of interest and investment in its extractive industries...
Extractive industries Resource curse Policy coordinationWorking Paper
Extractive industries and development: Lessons from international experience for MozambiqueIn common with several other low-income African economies, in recent years Mozambique has seen a significant expansion of interest and investment in its long-established extractives industries...
Extractive industries Resource curse Policy coordinationWorking Paper
The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix: Re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic developmentIn the context of falls in extractive commodities prices since 2011, this paper examines the history of thinking about the interplay between extractives and economic development...
Development Oil Gas