Title: Oil to cash : fighting the resource curse through cash transfers /
Authors: Moss, Todd
Year: 2015
Subjects: Natural resources; Transfer payments.; Petroleum industry and trade; Poverty; Economic development; Economic development; Natural resources; Petroleum industry and trade; Poverty; Transfer payments
Abstract: "Oil to Cash explores one option that may help avoid the so-called resource curse: just give the money directly to citizens. A universal, transparent, and regular cash transfer would not only provide a concrete benefit to regular people, but would also create powerful incentives for citizens to hold their government accountable. Oil to Cash details how and where this idea could work and how policymakers can learn from the experiences with cash transfers in places like Mexico, Mongolia, and Alaska."--