Overview
This book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently productive to provide for investment in both itself and other sectors of the economy. This book will be welcomed by development economists and natural resource economists as well as policy makers and planners in government and international agencies.Synopsis
This book examines the factors that influence economic growth and sustainable development in countries with a significant natural resource sector. It addresses the key issue of how to make the primary sector sufficiently productive to provide for investment in both itself and other sectors of the economy. This book will be welcomed by development economists and natural resource economists as well as policy makers and planners in government and international agencies.
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Draws largely on reports by the 20 or so specialists assembled by the UN Conference on Trade and Development in 1996 to investigate why countries trying to base development efforts on primary sectors of the economy have not been as successful over the past two or three decades as those countries that rely instead on manufacturing. Comparing successes and failures, the report concludes that government policies and the outcome of institutional processes are the major factors influencing economic performance. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)