The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey
It is striking how often countries with oil or other natural resource wealth have failed to grow more rapidly than those without. This is the phenomenon known as the Natural Resource Curse.
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The Estimated Effects of the Euro on Trade: Why Are They Below Historical Effects of Monetary Unions Among Smaller Countries?
It is rare for countries to give up their currencies and thus their ability to influence such critical aspects of their economies as interest and exchange rates.
Addressing the Leakage/Competitiveness Issue In Climate Change Policy Proposals
Book Abstract: For more than a decade, the Brookings Trade Forum has provided comprehensive analysis on current and emerging issues of international trade and macroeconomics.
The Natural Resource Curse
Vietnam's Industrial Policy: Designing Policies for Sustainable Development
Vietnam has made a remarkable transition since 1989 from a centrally planned industrial sector dominated by administrative allocation of inputs and outputs to an industrial sector governed mainly by m
Evolution of Models to Support Community and Policy Action with Science: Balancing Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation in Savannas of East Africa
We developed a “continual engagement” model to better integrate knowledge from policy makers, communities, and researchers with the goal of promoting more effective action to balance poverty alleviati
New Estimation of the Renminbi Regime
China's rapid economic growth and development is being accompanied by needed reforms in its emerging financial markets.
Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and a Global Market for Biofuels
A disproportionately large amount of the world's agronomic potential for the production of bioethanol is concentrated in a subset of developing countries.
A Comparison of Monetary Anchor Options for Commodity-Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Growth After the Crisis
How hospitable will the global environment be for economic growth in the developing world as we come out of the present financial crisis?
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