num_pages: 360
description: Since the 1960s the economies of the resource-poor nations have grown much faster than those of the resource-abundant nations. This book explains the disappointing performance of resource-abundant nations by extending the growth accounting framework to include natural and social capital.
language: English
title: Resource Abundance and Economic Development
titlecomplete: Resource Abundance and Economic Development (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
publisher: Oxford University Press