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| | | Titre | How to Cope with Dutch Disease in Least Developed Countries | | Auteur | Jan Priewe | | Thème | Economic Development | | Date de publication | 2011 | | Éditeur | Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) | | Nombre de pages | 04 pages | | Langue | English | | Couverture géographique | Africa, Uganda | | Mots clés | Oil Industry, Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Economic Growth | | Résumé | Africa is going to discover and extract more and more of its natural resources. Many expect that this will be a big blessing for Sub-Saharan Africa and other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and will lift many out of poverty. History shows, however, that in terms of economic growth, oil-rich countries performed worse than countries with no relevant natural resources (Sachs and Warner 2001 for the period 1970-89) as they had suffered from Dutch disease, which had led to currency appreciation. Therefore lessons should be learnt from resource-rich countries, both positive and negative | | Détenteur du copyright | Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) | | Copyright URL | http://www.eprc.or.ug | | Taille du fichier | 559215 MB | | Format du fichier | PDF | | [ Voir/télécharger document ] |
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