Resource discovery and conflict in Africa: what do the data show?

The empirical relationship between natural resources and conflict in Africa is not very well understood. Using a novel geocoded dataset on resource discovery and conflict we are able to construct a quasi-natural experiment to explore the causal effect (giant and major) oil and mineral discoveries on...

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Main Authors: Arezki, R, Bhattacharyya, S, Mamo, N
Formato: Working paper
Publicado em: University of Oxford 2015