Oil to cash
Subtitle: fighting the resource curse through cash transfers
By: Todd Moss, Caroline Lambert, and Stephanie Majerowicz
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9781933286693
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Economic development; Poverty; Natural resources; Transfer payments
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151- 163) and index.