Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
9-2010
Abstract
We study the nexus between natural resources and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and find that SSA is indeed special: resources dependence retards growth in SSA, but not elsewhere. The natural resources curse is thus specific to SSA. We then show that this specificity does not depend on the type of primary commodities on which SSA specializes. Instead, the SSA specificity appears to arise from the interaction between institutions and natural resources.
Recommended Citation
Carmignani, Fabrizio and Chowdhury, Abdur, "(WP 2010-01) The Role of Primary Commodities in Economic Development: Sub-Saharan Africa versus Rest of the World" (2010). Economics Working Papers. 1.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_workingpapers/1
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