The Institutional Channels of the Resource Curse - A Case Study of Bolivia
(2011) NEKK01 20112Department of Economics
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This thesis analyzes the workings of the natural resource curse in Bolivia through a comparison between two periods with different institutional conditions and under dependency on tin and natural gas respectively. First the conditions for handling the resource curse are analyzed and a hypothesis is presented, suggesting that both periods are likely to have suffered from the natural resource curse and that the tin period is likely to have suffered more than the natural gas period. This hypothesis is then tested and it is concluded that Bolivia has suffered from the resource curse during both periods. It is also partly proved that the tin period has been affected more. Finally there is a discussion on what Bolivia has managed to improve... (More)
- This thesis analyzes the workings of the natural resource curse in Bolivia through a comparison between two periods with different institutional conditions and under dependency on tin and natural gas respectively. First the conditions for handling the resource curse are analyzed and a hypothesis is presented, suggesting that both periods are likely to have suffered from the natural resource curse and that the tin period is likely to have suffered more than the natural gas period. This hypothesis is then tested and it is concluded that Bolivia has suffered from the resource curse during both periods. It is also partly proved that the tin period has been affected more. Finally there is a discussion on what Bolivia has managed to improve between the two periods and, especially, what challenges remain for the future. (Less)
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- author
- Svending, John LU
- supervisor
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- Yves Bourdet LU
- Hans Falck LU
- organization
- course
- NEKK01 20112
- year
- 2011
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Natural resource curse, economic development, Bolivia, natural resources, institutions.
- language
- English
- id
- 2205591
- date added to LUP
- 2011-11-23 11:22:55
- date last changed
- 2011-11-23 11:22:55
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