Beating the resource curse : the case of Botswana (English)

The endowment of natural resources has often been associated with disappointing economic development. This phenomenon is referred to in the literature as the "resource curse," which hypothesizes that economies experiencing resource booms, either through price increases or new discoveries, will experience unsustainable growth rates. There are various mechanisms through which a resource-boom can negatively impact on an economy. For instance, it can...

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Sarraf, Maria;

Jiwanji, Moortaza;
Document Date
2001/10/31
Document Type
Departmental Working Paper
Report Number
24753
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Botswana,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Beating the resource curse : the case of Botswana
Keywords
Resource Curse

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Sarraf, Maria; Jiwanji, Moortaza.

Beating the resource curse : the case of Botswana (English). Environment Department working paper|no. 83. Environmental economics series Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/412021468227707937

Beating the resource curse : the case of Botswana (English)

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