Investing for sustainability
Subtitle: the management of mineral wealth
By: by Rögnvaldur Hannesson
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Distributors for North, Central and South America, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston; Norwell, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund; Statens petroleumsfond; Special funds; Environmental protection -- Finance; Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: "Investing for Sustainability: The Management of Mineral Wealth highlights mineral rents investment funds in Norway, Alaska and Alberta, all of which derive considerable revenues from the production of petroleum bound to diminish over time. The book examines the institutional and political framework in which these funds are embedded and how successfully they have been used for making non-renewable petroleum wealth permanent."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-102) and index