The oil curse how petroleum wealth shapes the development of nations

The Oil Curse shows why oil wealth typically creates less economic growth than it should; why it produces jobs for men but not women; and why it creates more problems in poor states than in rich ones. It also warns that the global thirst for petroleum is causing companies to drill in increasingly po...

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Main Author: Ross, Michael Lewin 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press [2012]
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