Resources, conflict, and economic development in Africa
Evidence suggests that natural resources have driven conflict and underdevelopment in modern Africa. We show that this relationship exists primarily when neighboring regions are resource-rich. When neighbors are resource-poor, own resources instead drive economic growth. To motivate the empirical st...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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