Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria (English)

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 of the political elite's resource-control and allocation of revenues on core democratic mechanisms is central to understand the obstacles to development...

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Gboyega,Alex Emmanuel;

Le,Tuan Minh;

Shukla,Gangadhar Prasad;

Soreide,Tina;
Document Date
2011/08/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5779
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nigeria,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2011/08/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria
Keywords
oil

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Gboyega,Alex Emmanuel; Le,Tuan Minh; Shukla,Gangadhar Prasad; Soreide,Tina.

Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5779 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/110701468291344787

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