A number of proposals today support a substantial increase in foreign aid levels to sub-
Saharan Africa even though this region already receives a historically unprecedented …

This paper provides a review of the literature on the development impact of migration and
remittances on origin countries and on destination countries in the South. International …

Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more
frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be …

It is striking how often countries with oil or other natural resource wealth have failed to show
better economic per for mance than those without. This is the phenomenon known as the …

Oil, minerals, and agricultural resources can bring great riches to those who possess them.
Yet countries that are abundantly endowed with such natural resources often encounter …

The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics
and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising …

Rents to Riches> focuses on the political economy of the detailed decisions that
governments make at each step of the natural resource management (NRM) value chain …

▪ Abstract One of the most important aspects of the rise of post-1945 global capitalism has
been the call for transnational corporations to conform to basic human rights principles. This …

The contrast between Kuwait and the UAE today illustrates the vastly different possible
futures facing the smaller states of the Gulf. Dubai's rulers dream of creating a truly global …

We discuss political economy mechanisms which can explain the resource curse, in which
an increase in the size of resource rents causes a decrease in the economy's; total value …