Natural Resources

More from the Series

Mar

16

2015



12:30—2:00 PM
Mitigating the Resource Curse at the Micro Level: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Justin Sandefur
March 02, 2015
Does the discovery of oil — onshore, concentrated in one region — generate more citizen demand for transparent governance inside the oil-rich region or outside of it?
POLICY PAPERS
Biofuel Policies: Fuel versus Food, Forests, and Climate
Kimberly Ann Elliott
January 13, 2015
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, agricultural commodity prices reached new lows and subsidies and mandates to promote biofuels seemed like a solution for multiple problems.
Blog Post
Should Sovereign Wealth Funds Finance Domestic Investment?
Alan Gelb
November 25, 2014
Countries have traditionally invested their sovereign wealth in securities of major markets able to provide dependable returns and macroeconomic stability, but some are now investing more sovereign wealth domestically because of diminished returns in major markets and new investment opportunities at...
Blog Post
A Global Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade? Part 1: The Economic Arguments
Alice Lépissier
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Owen Barder
September 08, 2014
If you could choose how to curb greenhouse gas emissions, would you choose a carbon tax or cap-and-trade?
Blog Post
Between a Rainforest and a Hard Place
Michele de Nevers
August 06, 2014
Can extraction of petroleum resources in a high biodiversity rainforest be sustainable?
Blog Post
Getting Energy Prices Right – Smart but...
Nancy Birdsall
August 04, 2014
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, returned to CGD last week to talk about getting energy prices right. That’s the title of a new book by Ian Parry and co-authors at the IMF.  
WORKING PAPERS
How Should Donors Respond to Resource Windfalls in Poor Countries? From Aid to Insurance - Working Paper 372
Anton Dobronogov et al.
July 08, 2014
Natural resources are being discovered in more countries, both rich and poor.  Many of the new and aspiring resource exporters are low-income countries that are still receiving substantial levels of foreign aid.