Due diligence as a conflict prevention tool in Democratic Republic of the Congo by Ilari Aula

“…Giving consideration to the "resource curse" would help address how the militarisation of competition between elites and weak state institutions make minerals factors of conflict. …”
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Structural Contradiction of Economic Growth as a Threat to the Human Capital Reproduction Process in Russia by Petr V. Solodukha, Ekaterina S. Vasiutina, Nataliya A. Korolkova, Sergey G. Erokhin, Vladimir K. Starostenko, Liliia V. Matraeva

“…Keywords: Economic growth, human capital reproduction, “resource curse”, balance of the national economic system. …”
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Structural Contradiction of Economic Growth as a Threat to the Human Capital Reproduction Process in Russia by Petr V. Solodukha, Ekaterina S. Vasiutina, Nataliya A. Korolkova, Sergey G. Erokhin, Vladimir K. Starostenko, Liliia V. Matraeva

“…Keywords: Economic growth, human capital reproduction, “resource curse”, balance of the national economic system. …”
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The institutional and psychological foundations of natural resource policies by Collier, P

“…The pressures of political interests which drive the resource curse are well-understood. But ordinary citizens are usually cast both as the innocent victims of this process, and as the potential solution if only governments could be made more accountable to them. …”

Recursos naturales y desarrollo en África subsahariana: el caso de Zambia después de la privatización de las minas by Aguirre-Unceta, R.

“…An extensive academic literature has been produced for the last twenty-five years on the socalled «natural resource curse» that presumes negative economic and political consequences of the exploitation of such type of resource, in particular in less developed countries. …”
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The land of black gold, corruption, poverty and sabotage: Overcoming the Niger Delta’s problems through the establishment of a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund (NNRSF) by Adrian Gonzalez

“…It explains why some of these incidents are a direct result of the failure to implement socio-economic development in successive state agencies due to corruption, a consequence of the natural resource curse. The article then explores why and how a Nigerian Non-Renewable Revenue Special Fund overseen by the United Nations Development Programme should be established which would not only manage a portion of oil revenue funds from the Niger Delta but also initiate valid social and economic projects in order to help reduce the prevalence of sabotage and instability in the region.…”
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Do natural resources depress income per capita? by Van der Ploeg, R, Arezki, R

“…Most evidence for the resource curse comes from cross-country growth regressions suffers from a bias originating from the high and ever-evolving volatility in commodity prices. …”

Resource Rents, Governance, and Conflict. by Collier, P, Hoeffler, A

“…First, in the economics literature the well-documented "resource curse" leads to low-income growth rates and low levels of income. …”

Economic and political reform in developing countries by Morrissey, O, Stewart, F

“…Auty focuses on economic development and the resource curse thesis. Mark Robinson addresses aid, democracy, and political conditionality in sub-Saharan Africa. …”

Significations of oil in Africa or by Andrea Behrends, Nikolaus Schareika

“… Forum: Anthropology of oil and the resource curse For half a century, oil production has been a key factor in the development of a small number of African states south of the Sahara. …”
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Empirical Assessment of Expectations Associated with the Recent Discovery of Commercialisable Oil in Ghana by Yeboah Asuamah Samuel, Kumi Ernest, Kwarteng Ernest

“…Keywords: Expectation; Oil revenue; Ghana; Resource curse JEL Classifications: 013; P28; Q48 …”
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Empirical Assessment of Expectations Associated with the Recent Discovery of Commercialisable Oil in Ghana by Yeboah Asuamah Samuel, Kumi Ernest, Kwarteng Ernest

“…Keywords: Expectation; Oil revenue; Ghana; Resource curse JEL Classifications: 013; P28; Q48 …”
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Empirical Assessment of Expectations Associated with the Recent Discovery of Commercialisable Oil in Ghana by Yeboah Asuamah Samuel, Kumi Ernest, Kwarteng Ernest

“…Keywords: Expectation; Oil revenue; Ghana; Resource curse JEL Classifications: 013; P28; Q48 …”
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Ready or Not: Namibia As a Potentially Successful Oil Producer by Andrzej Polus, Dominik Kopinski, Wojciech Tycholiz

“…This clearly raises the question of whether Namibia is next in line to become a victim of the notorious “resource curse.†On the basis of critical discourse analysis and findings from field research, the authors have selected six dimensions of the resource curse and contextualised them within the spheres of Namibian politics and economy. …”
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Foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa: Beyond its growth effect by Hassen A. Wako

“…The evidence also reveals the existence of ‘institutional’ resource curse. Furthermore, FDI has contributed to the ‘premature’ deindustrialization of the region, except in a few cases where it is non-resource seeking. …”
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Do natural resources depress income per capita? by Arezki, R, Ploeg, F

“…Most evidence for the resource curse comes from cross-country growth regressions suffers from bias originating from the high and ever-evolving volatility in commodity prices. …”

Intensive and extensive margins of mining and development: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa by Mamo, N, Bhattacharyya, S, Moradi, A, Arezki, R

“…Furthermore, the local effects disappear after mining activities come to an end which is consistent with the 'resource curse' view.…”

Challenges And Opportunities For Resource Rich Economies. by Ploeg, F

“…Still, countries such as Botswana, Canada, Australia and Norway suggest it is possible to escape the resource curse. Some practical suggestions for a better management of natural resources are offered.…”

Public Capital in Resource Rich Economies: Is there a Curse? by Bhattacharyya, S, Collier, P

“…This is more direct evidence for a policy-based ‘resource curse’ than the conventional, indirect evidence from the relationships between resource endowments, growth and income. …”

Environment based innovation: policy questions by Mario Rui Silva, Argentino Pessoa

“…In that section, we highlight the specific characteristics of environmental resources and we discuss the applicability of the “natural resource curse” argument to the dynamics based on the valorisation of environmental resources. …”
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