A Critical Perspective on the Natural Resource Curse

Dec 7, 2006

Sanjay Reddy offers a skeptical view on the association in economic literature of natural resource export dependence and low economic growth.

Sanjay Reddy offers a skeptical view on the association in economic literature of natural resource export dependence and low economic growth.

This talk is part of the 2006 Oxford-Uehiro-Carnegie Council Conference:
Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Sustainable Trade: The Case of Resource Extraction.

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