Natural Resource Curse

The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey of Diagnoses and Some Prescriptions,” in Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries, 2012, edited by Rabah Arezki, Catherine Patillo, Marc Quintyn & Min Zhu (International Monetary Fund: Washington DC). HKS RWP12-014. CID WP no.233

"The Curse: Why Natural Resources Are Not Always a Good Thing,” Milken Institute Review, vol.13, no.4, 4th quarter 2011: 28-39.

The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey,” 2012, Chapter 2 in Beyond the Resource Curse, edited by Brenda Shaffer & Taleh Ziyadov (University of Pennsylvania Press).  CID WP 195, May 2010;  NBER WP 15836;  HKS RWP10-005. 

Comments on “Credibility, Commitment and Regulation, by Dieter Helm,” in The Natural Resources Trap, B.Hogan & F.Sturzenegger, eds., 2010 (MIT Press), p.325-30.