Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries: The statistical tendencies

Alan R. Roe and Samantha Dodd

No wp-2017-98, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive resources: metals, and oil and gas. The paper also assesses how country levels of dependence have changed in the past twenty years, showing that there has been a clear upward trend.

Keywords: Development; Oil; Gas; Exports; Dependence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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