Mineral rents and the financing of social policy : opportunities and challenges

Publication Data

• Title Mineral rents and the financing of social policy : opportunities and challenges
• Contributors Katja Hujo, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location Houndmills, Basingstoke
• Language English

Contents

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PART 1: THEMATIC ISSUES
Introduction and overview: Blessing or Curse?
Development and Growth in resource-dependent countries
Economic Policy in Mineral-Rich Countries
Social Policy and State Revenues in Mineral-Rich Contexts
Institutional Change and State Capacity
PART II: CASE STUDIES
Mineral Rents and Social Development in Norway
Mineral Rents and Social Development in Chile
Mineral Wealth, Development and Social Policy in Indonesia
Has Botswana Beaten the Resource Curse?
Social Policy in a Mineral-Rich Economy: the Case of Nigeria
Conclusion: Options and Constraints.

Topics

• Mineral industries :: Economic aspects :: Developing countries
• Mineral industries :: Social aspects :: Developing countries
• Developing countries :: Economic policy
• Developing countries :: Social policy
• Developing countries

Mineral rents and the financing of social policy : opportunities and challenges. ISBN 9780230370906. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.