Demystifying Dutch disease (English)

This paper examines the theory of Dutch disease and its implications for practical policy questions. Dutch disease is a term that is well-known to economists and development practitioners. But it is also a concept that is often conflated with "resource curse" and misinterpreted as a "disease" that necessarily causes adverse impacts on the economy. The paper points out that many of the seemingly well-established arguments in this field are not necessarily...

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Kojo,Naoko C.;
Document Date
2014/07/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS6981
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2014/07/01
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Disclosed
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Demystifying Dutch disease
Keywords
dutch disease

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Kojo,Naoko C..

Demystifying Dutch disease (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6981 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/743741468336611117

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