Book of Donmon Teith

This paper presents a critical survey of the literature on the "resource curse", focusing on three main questions: (i) are natural resources bad for development

The Political Economy of the Natural Resources Curse focuses on political economy theories of the resource curse and scrutinizes how well, or poorly, these theo

Debunks the view that natural resources lead to terrible outcomes by demonstrating that oil and minerals are actually a blessing.

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this o

The political economy of natural resource wealth poses two interrelated challenges for American foreign policy, both involving governance issues in countries th