Ghana : Will it Be Gifted or Will it Be Cursed? /

Will Ghana's oil production from 2011 accelerate progress toward middle-income status, or will it retard gains in living standards through a possible "resource curse"? This paper examines the likelihood of "resource curse" effects, drawing on a dataset of 150 low and middle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aydin, Burcu
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/104
Online Access:Full text available on IMF