Resource Abundance, Poverty and Development

Erwin Bulte (), Richard Damania and Robert T. Deacon
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Richard Damania: University of Adelaide

No 21-04, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara

Abstract: We examine the relationship between resource abundance and several indicators of human welfare. Consistent with the existing literature on the relationship between resource abundance and economic growth, we find that resource-abundant countries tend to suffer low levels of human development. While we find no support for a direct link between resources and welfare, there is an indirect link that operates through institutional quality. There are also significant differences in the effects that resources have on different measures of institutional quality. These results imply that the "resource curse" is a more encompassing phenomenon than previously considered, and that key differences exist between the effects of different resource types on various aspects of governance and human welfare.

Keywords: resource curse; human development; resource wealth and scarcity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-12-01
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