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Natural Resources, Economic Growth and Geography [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018 Worldwide materials extraction increased by a factor of 8.4 over the course of the 20th century. In the meantime, global GDP and population increased by factors of about 22 and 4, respectively. This reveals that one of the key factors driving the increase in the exploitation of the resources was the growth in world population, although mitigated by the
Rafael González-Val, Fernando Pueyo
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The Natural Resource Curse and Economic Transition [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009 Abstract Using cross-country regressions, we examine the relationship between “point-source” resource abundance and economic growth, quality of institutions, investment in human and physical capital, and social welfare (life expectancy and infant mortality) for all countries and for the economies in transition.
Robert F. Conrad +2 more
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004 This paper explores whether natural resource abundance leads, other things equal, to slower growth rates. We distinguish between natural resource dependence (RD) and the natural resource endowment (RE). We estimate three models, using World Bank data on national capital stocks.
Ding, N, Field, BC
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Poverty, environment and natural resource use: introduction to the special issue [PDF]
, 2008 A growing population and growing per capita consumption threaten the environment and the natural resource base. Where natural resources are at risk, the livelihoods of many are at risk as well.
Ierland, E.C., van, Weikard, H.P.
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Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth [PDF]
, 1995 One of the surprising features of modern economic growth is that economies with abundant natural resources have tended to grow less rapidly than natural-resource-scarce economies. In this paper we show that economies with a high ratio of natural resource exports to GDP in 1971 (the base year) tended have low growth rates during the subsequent period ...
Sachs, Jeffrey D., Warner, Andrew M.
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The International Economics of Natural Resources and Growth [PDF]
Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report, 2007 This article is in three parts. First, it briefly describes the contribution of natural resources to economic growth around the world, pondering the question whether an abundance of natural resources is a blessing or a curse. Secondly, an attempt is made to provide a glimpse of recent empirical evidence that can be brought to bear on this question ...
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Natural Resources and Economic Outcomes [PDF]
, 2011 Why do some countries grow while others do not? This question is one of the most important in economics. Literally thousands of papers have been published on the topic. And it is of enormous policy significance, because the current understanding of the answer to this question affects the behavior of a variety of organizations including the World Bank ...
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Valuing the Non-Market Impacts of Underground Coal Mining [PDF]
This paper has been published in a peer-reviewed journal as: Gillespie, R. & M. E. Kragt (2012). "Accounting for nonmarket impacts in a benefit-cost analysis of underground coal mining in New South Wales, Australia." Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 3(2):
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The potential role of environmental economics in Teagasc - A scoping exercise 2006 [PDF]
, 2006 End of project reportEnvironmental economics is a new area within the Teagasc vision programme. It is a distinct branch of economics that acknowledges the value of both the environment and economic activity and makes choices based on those values.
Hynes, Stephen
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Natural Resources and Economic Growth: The Role of Investment [PDF]
The World Economy, 2006 Is it possible that excessive reliance on natural resources affects saving and investment in a way that retards economic growth? – and thus, in the long run, the level of output per capita. This paper reviews the literature, explores the data and compares and contrasts the explanatory power and interplay of natural resources and civil liberties, our ...
Thorvaldur Gylfason, Gylfi Zoega
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