TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbier,Edward B.
TI  - Natural Resources and Economic Development
SN  - 9780511754036 (ebook)
AV  - HC59.7 .B3355 2005
U1  - 333.7/09172/4 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Feb 2017)
N2  - Natural Resources and Economic Development, first published in 2005, explores a key paradox: why is natural resource exploitation not yielding greater benefits to the poor economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America? Part I examines this paradox both through a historical review of resource use and development and through examining current theories which explain the under-performance of today's resource-abundant economies, and proposes a frontier expansion hypothesis as an alternative explanation. Part II develops models to analyse the key economic factors underlying land expansion and water use in developing countries. Part III explores further the 'dualism within dualism' structure of resource dependency, rural poverty and resource degradation within developing countries, and through illustrative country case-studies, proposes policy and institutional reforms necessary for successful resource-based development
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511754036
ER  -