Political Economy of Oil-Revenue Sharing in a Developing Country : Illustrations from Nigeria /

Control over natural resource revenues is a contentious, politically divisive issue in most developing countries-especially for oil production. A typical policy response of the center in such cases has been to introduce revenue sharing arrangements. Such measures have generally not assuaged the aspi...

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Hoofdauteur: Ahmad, Ehtisham
Andere auteurs: Singh, Raju
Formaat: Tijdschrift
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Reeks:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/016
Online toegang:Full text available on IMF
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