Political economy, Mr. Churchill, and natural resources

Thorvaldur Gylfason

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: The article recalls Winston Churchill's advocacy of public ownership of natural resources in Africa in the early 1900s. Following a brief discussion of different countries' methods of natural resource management, empirical evidence of the cross-country relationship between economic and political diversification and per capita national income is presented to suggest a new channel through which excessive dependence on poorly managed natural resources, including oil and other minerals, may hamper economic and social progress. Constitutional issues, democracy, and human rights are brought to bear on the story to underline the conceptual distinction between state ownership and national ownership of natural resources.

Date: 2018
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Published in Mineral Economics 1-2 31(2018): pp. 23-34

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