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Bananas, oil, and development: Examining the resource curse and its transmission channels by resource type [Dataset]

Harvard Dataverse (Africa Rice Center, Bioversity International, CCAFS, CIAT, IFPRI, IRRI and WorldFish)

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Title Bananas, oil, and development: Examining the resource curse and its transmission channels by resource type [Dataset]
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MTLR32
 
Creator J. Lay
T. Omar Mahmoud
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This paper examines the resource curse and its transmission channels by resource type. We review and synthesize existing theories of the transmission channels of the curse. This synthesis suggests that (1) relating the transmission channels to the characteristics of different types of resources, and (2) considering how other country characteristics, such as institutional quality and policy outcomes, affect the impact of natural resource wealth on development, would improve our understanding of the functioning of the curse. We then assess these two aspects empirically and find different transmission channels to be relevant for different types of resources. Furthermore, we illustrate the interaction between other country characteristics and the curse.
 
Subject Natural resources
Dutch Disease
Economic convergence
 
Date 2004
 
Source United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database; World Development Indicators