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Benefiting the Resource Rich: How Can International Development Policy Help Tame the Resource Curse?

Published on 21 February 2011

It is widely recognised that a country’s fuel and mineral wealth can be more of a curse than a blessing. Norway and Chile challenge this assumption. Their success in transforming resource wealth into economic growth highlights how the international development community can help poorer resource-rich nations tackle the resource curse.

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IDS
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Havro, G. and Santiso, J.
journal
IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper, issue 355

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