Can Afghanistan avoid the Natural Resource Curse?

Jonathan Lipow and Francois Melese ()

Defense & Security Analysis, 2012, vol. 28, issue 4, 316-325

Abstract: Recent discoveries of significant mineral deposits offer Afghanistan the opportunity to attain a level of economic development sufficient to stabilize that country's volatile security situation while providing Afghans with a reasonable standard of living. Much, however, depends on whether Afghanistan can avoid the “Natural Resource Curse,” an inter-related set of economic and social pathologies that often bedevil resource-endowed countries. In this article, the authors describe the Natural Resource Curse, evaluate the obstacles it raises for Afghan economic development, and offer a strategy to minimize the risks Afghanistan faces in its efforts to exploit its mineral wealth for the benefit of the population.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2012.730725

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