Escaping the resource curse
By: edited by Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz ; foreword by George Soros
Contributors: Humphreys, Macartan; Sachs, Jeffrey; Stiglitz, Joseph E
Series: Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia; Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia (Series)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780231141963; 9780231512107
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Developing countries; Petroleum industry and trade -- Developing countries -- Planning; Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Evaluation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: What is the role of the state? / Joseph E. Stiglitz; title: How to evaluate the fiscal terms of oil contracts / David Johnston; title: How to negotiate an oil agreement / Jenik Radon; title: How best to auction oil rights / Peter Cramton; title: Are oil producers rich? / Geoffrey Heal; title: How to handle the macroeconomics of oil wealth / Jeffrey D. Sachs; title: The political econony of natural resource funds / Macartan Humphreys and Martin E. Sandbu; title: How mineral rich states can reduce inequality / Michael L. Ross; title: Ensuring fairness : the case for a transparent fiscal social contract / Terry Lynn Karl; title: Critical issues for a revenue management law / Joseph C. Bell and Teresa Maurea Faria; title: Future directions for the management of natural resources / Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz