The Developmental Challenges of Mining and Oil: Lessons from Africa and Latin America (Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity)

by Rosemary Thorp, S. Battistelli, Y. Guichaoua, J. Orihuela, and M. Paredes

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The authors explain why the discovery and development of natural resources is commonly associated with unstable and unequal development, and frequently with violence. They demonstrate the need for policies and institutions by reflecting on both successes and failures in case studies on Botswana, Nigeria and Niger as well as Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
  • ISBN13 9781137001467
  • Publish Date 5 April 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 228
  • Language English