The Dog that Didn’t Bark : The Missed Opportunity of Africa’s Resource Boom
The commodity price boom from 2004–2014 was a huge economic opportunity for African countries abundant in oil, gas and minerals. During this period their government revenues from resources grew by an average of 1.1 billion US$ per year, and economi...
Main Authors: | Cust, James, Ballesteros, Alexis Rivera, Zeufack, Albert |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC : World Bank
2022
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099250407062241649/IDU0b75f6a280775e041420816b0734e6d9ed810 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37653 |
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