Confronting the Curse

Confronting the Curse
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Publisher : Peterson Institute for International Economics
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9780881326765
ISBN-13 : 0881326763
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Book Synopsis Confronting the Curse by : Cullen S. Hendrix

Download or read book Confronting the Curse written by Cullen S. Hendrix and published by Peterson Institute for International Economics. This book was released on 2014 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political economy of natural resource wealth poses two interrelated challenges for American foreign policy, both involving governance issues in countries that are abundantly endowed with natural resources. The potentially negative impact of natural resources on development is captured in the phrase "the resource curse". The implications are the greatest for the commodity producers themselves, ranging from complications for macroeconomic management to political authoritarianism and, in the extreme, the precipitation of violent civil conflict. For US policy, the resource curse presents challenges with respect to coping with state failure and associated transborder phenomena. The issues extend to broader geopolitics. Resource abundance confers financial and political power on producers. China's emergence as a major importer and investor in extraction, willing to accommodate authoritarian producers, exacerbates the challenge, potentially undercutting international efforts to encourage greater transparency and improved management of natural resource wealth. This issue is of particular importance for US policy toward Africa


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