num_pages: 374
description: This book consists of eight case studies investigating the political economy of the decision chain involved in natural resource extraction in resource-rich countries, where plunder rather than prosperity has become the norm. Some case studies reveal successes, while others show the decision chain to have failed disastrously.
language: English
title: Plundered Nations?: Successes and Failures in Natural Resource Extraction
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan