Natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean : beyond booms and busts? / Augusto de la Torre, Emily Sinnott, John Nash.
The question of how to treat commodity production and how to manage recurrent cycles of booms and busts has always been a challenge for policymakers in commodity-dependent countries, including many in the LAC region. These challenges have led to allegations of a?commodity curse?? that retards develo...
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2010.
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| Series: | World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Stylized facts of commodity production and trade in LAC
- Natural resources and long-term growth
- Institutions and the resource curse or blessing
- Managing commodity price volatility
- Environmental and social consequences of commodity production
- Conclusions and policy implications.