Essay by Leila Yow: Breaking the Curse: A Review of the Resource Curse, Civil Conflict, and Role of Policy

Classical economic theory suggests that an abundance of natural resources is expected to benefit states in the long run via gains to gross domestic product (GDP) and decreased trade dependency. While this theory applies to states like Norway, studies have shown that many other states have experienced the opposite; instead of spurring broadly shared economic …

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