Extractive revenues and government spending: Short- versus long-term considerations

The prescription of optimally managing natural resource revenue windfalls by smoothing consumption across generations using an intergenerational sovereign wealth fund that only invests in foreign assets is not appropriate for resource-rich developing economies. It is better for these economies to us...

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Main Authors: van der Ploeg, F, Venables, A
Format: Working paper
Published: United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research 2017