Natural Resources and Socio-Economic Progress

The article reviews international debates on development problems of the resource-based economies. It draws atten tion to causes and mechanisms of the so-called "resource curse" and symptoms of systemic breakdowns and stagnant phenomena in resource-based economies named "Dutch disease...

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Main Author: Larissa Mikhaylovna Kapitsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MGIMO University Press 2014-01-01
Series:Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta
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Online Access:http://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/razdely/ekonomika/prirodnye-resursy-i-socialno-ekonomicheskii-progress
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Summary:The article reviews international debates on development problems of the resource-based economies. It draws atten tion to causes and mechanisms of the so-called "resource curse" and symptoms of systemic breakdowns and stagnant phenomena in resource-based economies named "Dutch disease". Specific attention is given to the role of national elites and institutions in the emergence of "Dutch disease", preservation of economic backwardness and/or de-industrialization of resource-rich countries. The author also considers new approaches to resolving the problem of'resource-curse", in particular, return to traditional instruments of economic diversification as industrialization and protectionism.
ISSN:2071-8160