Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy [electronic resource] : Opportunities and Challenges /
Hujo, Katja.author.
Hujo, Katja.
An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as micro level country case studies, including Norway, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria and Botswana.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Boxes and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part I: Thematic Issues; 1 Introduction and Overview: Blessing or Curse? Financing Social Policies in Mineral-Rich Countries; 2 Development and Growth in Resource-Dependent Countries: Why Social Policy Matters; 3 Economic Policy in Mineral-Rich Countries; 4 Social Policy and State Revenues in Mineral-Rich Contexts; 5 Institutional Change and State Capacity in Mineral-Rich Countries; Part II: Case Studies; 6 Mineral Rents and Social Development in Norway
7 Mineral Rents and Social Development in Chile8 Mineral Wealth, Development and Social Policy in Indonesia; 9 Has Botswana Beaten the Resource Curse?; 10 Social Policy in a Mineral-Rich Economy: The Case of Nigeria; 11 Conclusion: Harnessing the Potential of Mineral Rents for Social Development - Options and Constraints; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as micro level country case studies, including Norway, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria and Botswana.
Economic policy.
Development economics.
Environmental economics.
Sustainable development.
Macroeconomics.
Social service .
Economic Policy.
Development Economics.
Environmental Economics.
Sustainable Development.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Social Care.