This paper examines the effect of extractive resources on human development. We control
for institutional quality through a composite index of institutional quality. Our sample covers …

Resource funds have been widely defended in the theoretical literature as a solution to the
resource curse. In this work, empirical analyses of a sample of 28 resource-rich countries …

The growing interest in resource funds of resource-rich countries, especially oil-producing
countries, has been a focus of empirical research, questioning the relevance of such funds …

The concept of resource curse is widely accepted in the extant literature. However, the
burden of proof remains high as some resource‐rich countries experience rapid economic …

The majority of Arab political economies are characterised by a peculiar distributional
system built on excess public employment and wide-ranging energy subsidies—features …

As the world economy continues to expand, demand for energy and other natural resources
is increasing. Reserves of some resources such as oil are becoming more difficult to …

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of natural resource funds in resource-rich
countries according to funds' objectives via an econometric method using panel data …

This paper argues that hydrocarbons producers with high rents per capita constitute a
specific category in the broader universe of rent-dependent countries, facing a specific set of …

This article analyzes the different modes of resource revenue allocation and their impacts on
Indigenous communities and sustainable development. After a literature review of the …

The article gives an overview of universal basic income as one of the instruments of the
asset-based policy, analyses its theoretical concept and practical examples. Latest trends in …