Fuelling war : natural resources and armed conflict
A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource wealth often proves a curse rather than a blessing. Billions of dollars from resource exploitation benefit repressive regim...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon New York:
Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London,
2005..
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| Series: | Adelphi paper,
373 |
| Summary: | A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource wealth often proves a curse rather than a blessing. Billions of dollars from resource exploitation benefit repressive regimes and rebel groups, at a massive cost for local populations. This Adelphi Paper analyses the economic and political vulnerability of resource-dependent countries; assesses how |
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| Physical Description: | 92 p: ill., maps; 24 cm.. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [85]-92). |
| ISBN: | 0415379709 (pbk.) |
| ISSN: | 0567-932X; |