Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and ActionsIan Bannon, Paul Collier World Bank Publications, 2003 M01 1 - 409 pages Violent conflict can spell catastrophe for developing countries and their neighbors, stunting and even reversing the course of economic growth. Recent World Bank research on the causes of conflict and civil war finds that the countries most likely to be blighted by conflict are those whose economies depend heavily on natural resources. 'Natural Resources and Violent Conflict' first explains the links between resource dependence conflict and then considers what can be done to help reduce the risk of civil war in these nations. In this collection of previously unpublished essays by experts in the field, contributors consider the risks of corruption, secessionist movements, and rebel financing. They also consider the roles played by government, the development community, and the country's population and propose an agenda for global action. Focusing on what we can do collectively to diminish the likelihood of civil war, contributors to this volume suggest practical approaches and policies that could be adopted by the international community - from financial and resource reporting procedures to commodity tracking systems and enforcement techniques, including sanctions, certification requirements, and aid conditionality. A fascinating look at the results of important new World Bank research, this book represents an important addition to the dialogue on development. |
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... Major Commodity Tracking Regimes 99 4.2 Forest Product Monitoring Technologies 120 6.1 Overview of International Instruments of Enforcement 225 6.2 UN Security Council Sanctions against Natural Resource Exports 232 7.1 Companies ...
... Major Commodity Tracking Regimes 99 4.2 Forest Product Monitoring Technologies 120 6.1 Overview of International Instruments of Enforcement 225 6.2 UN Security Council Sanctions against Natural Resource Exports 232 7.1 Companies ...
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... major scenario project on the future of the Norwegian energy industry . Michael Ross is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) . He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University ...
... major scenario project on the future of the Norwegian energy industry . Michael Ross is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) . He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University ...
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... major roles . But even after these factors have been taken into account , studies con- sistently find that natural resources heighten the danger that a civil war will break out and , once it breaks out , that the conflict will be more ...
... major roles . But even after these factors have been taken into account , studies con- sistently find that natural resources heighten the danger that a civil war will break out and , once it breaks out , that the conflict will be more ...
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... major oil - exporting African country , almost $ 1 billion reportedly disappeared from the government's accounts in 2001 due to corruption . Fiscal discrepancies over the previous several years represented between 2 and 23 percent of ...
... major oil - exporting African country , almost $ 1 billion reportedly disappeared from the government's accounts in 2001 due to corruption . Fiscal discrepancies over the previous several years represented between 2 and 23 percent of ...
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... major step to- ward curtailing corruption in the resource sector . But it is critical that a disclosure regime be comprehensive and mandatory . A partial regime may be worse than none at all : imagine , 26 MICHAEL ROSS.
... major step to- ward curtailing corruption in the resource sector . But it is critical that a disclosure regime be comprehensive and mandatory . A partial regime may be worse than none at all : imagine , 26 MICHAEL ROSS.
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