Fuelling war: natural resources and armed conflicts

By:

LE BILLON Phillipe

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Adelphi Paper. 373 Publication details: London: Routledge, 2005Description: 92 pISBN:

0415379709 (pbk) :

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Summary: On average resource rich countries especially those that depend economically on the export of resources have tended to be poorer and less competently governed compared to countries with fewer such resources. This Adelphi paper considers the paradox of the "resource curse" by looking at three questions: Why are resource-dependent countries particularly vulnerable to armed conflicts? How do resources influence armed conflicts? How can these problems be addressed?

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Adelphi Series Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre Adelphi Corner	363.7 BIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		19363-1001

On average resource rich countries especially those that depend economically on the export of resources have tended to be poorer and less competently governed compared to countries with fewer such resources. This Adelphi paper considers the paradox of the "resource curse" by looking at three questions: Why are resource-dependent countries particularly vulnerable to armed conflicts? How do resources influence armed conflicts? How can these problems be addressed?

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