1. Natural resources and developing countries : an overview -- 2. Natural resource-based economic development in history -- 3. Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- 4. Frontier expansion and economic development -- 5. Explaining land use change in developing countries -- 6. The economics of land conversion -- 7. Does water availability constrain economic development? -- 8. Rural poverty and resource degradation -- 9. Can frontier-based development be successful? -- 10. Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies
Summary
Natural Resources and Economic Development is the first comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries. It explores the reasons why natural resource exploitation is not yielding greater benefits to the economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and proposes institutional and policy reforms
