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Title Development policies in natural resource economies / edited by Jorg Mayer, Brian Chambers, and Ayisha Farooq.

Imprint Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, c1999.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.7091724 D492p 1999    ---  Available
Description xiii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Natural resource intensity and economic growth / Jeffrey D. Sachs and Andrew M. Warner -- Natural resources, human resources and export composition / Adrian J. B. Wood -- The transition from rent-driven growth to skill-driven growth / Richard M. Auty -- Managing mineral revenues in Botswana / Modise D. Modise -- Oil resources in Iraq / Abbas Alnasrawi -- Agricultural development in Israel / Raanan Katzir -- From primary production to resource-based industrialization in Malaysia / Rabbi Poobal Royan -- Horticulture development policy in Kenya / F. Phillip Muema -- The forestry sector in Ghana / Samuel K. Appiah -- Mining in Goa / Ligia Noronha -- The communal areas management programme for indigenous resources / L.T. Chitsike.
Summary This book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently productive to provide for investment in both itself and other sectors of the economy. This book will be welcomed by development economists and natural resource economists as well as policy makers and planners in government and international agencies.
Subject Natural resources -- Developing countries.
Developing countries -- Economic policy.
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Developing countries.
Added Author Mayer, Jorg, 1958-
Chambers, Brian, 1943-
Farooq, Ayisha, 1973-
ISBN 184064009X
9781840640090

 
    
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