ISBN:
023037090X
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9780230370906
,
9780230370920
Language:
English
Pages:
368 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Economics and Finance collection Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource. ISBN 978-0-230-37091-3
Series Statement:
Social Policy in a Development Context Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy : Opportunities and Challenges
Keywords:
Sustainable development
;
Macroeconomics
;
Economic policy
;
Development economics
;
Environmental economics
;
Social service
Abstract:
An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as micro level country case studies, including Norway, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria and Botswana
Abstract:
An exploration of the implications of mineral-led wealth and the opportunities that this creates for economic and social development. The book includes theoretical and policy analyses as well as micro level country case studies, including Norway, Chile, Indonesia, Nigeria and Botswana
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Tables, Boxes and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Part I: Thematic Issues; 1 Introduction and Overview: Blessing or Curse? Financing Social Policies in Mineral-Rich Countries; 2 Development and Growth in Resource-Dependent Countries: Why Social Policy Matters; 3 Economic Policy in Mineral-Rich Countries; 4 Social Policy and State Revenues in Mineral-Rich Contexts; 5 Institutional Change and State Capacity in Mineral-Rich Countries; Part II: Case Studies; 6 Mineral Rents and Social Development in Norway
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Mineral Rents and Social Development in Chile8 Mineral Wealth, Development and Social Policy in Indonesia; 9 Has Botswana Beaten the Resource Curse?; 10 Social Policy in a Mineral-Rich Economy: The Case of Nigeria; 11 Conclusion: Harnessing the Potential of Mineral Rents for Social Development - Options and Constraints; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource. ISBN 978-0-230-37091-3
DOI:
10.1057/9780230370913
URL:
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