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Title Andean states and the resource curse : institutional change in extractive economies / edited by Gerardo Damonte and Bettina Schorr
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022

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Series Routledge studies of the extractive industries
Summary "This volume explores institutional change and performance in the resource-rich Andean countries during the last resource-boom and in the early post-boom years. The latest global commodity boom has profoundly marked the face of the resource-rich Andean region, significantly contributing to economic growth and notable reductions of poverty and income inequality. The boom also constituted a period of important institutional change with these new institutions sharing the potential of preventing or mitigating the maladies extractive economies tend to suffer from, generally denominated as the "resource curse". This volume explores these institutional changes in the Andean region to identify the factors that have shaped their emergence and to assess their performance. The interdisciplinary and comparative perspective of the chapters in this book provide fine-grained analyses of different new institutions introduced in the Andean countries and discusses their findings in the light of the resource curse approach. They argue that institutional change and performance depend upon a much larger set of factors than those generally identified by the resource curse literature. Different, domestic and external, economic, political and cultural factors such as ideological positions of decision-makers, international pressure or informal practices have shaped institutional dynamics in the region. Altogether, these findings emphasize the importance of nuanced and contextualized analysis to better understand institutional dynamics in the context of extractive economies. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the extractive industries, natural resource management, political economics, Latin American studies and sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mineral industries -- Economic aspects -- Andes Region
Sustainable development -- Andes Region
Equality -- Andes Region
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
NATURE / Ecology
Economic history
Equality
Mineral industries -- Economic aspects
Sustainable development
SUBJECT Andes Region -- Economic conditions
Subject Andes Region
Form Electronic book
Author Damonte, Gerardo, editor
Schorr, Bettina, editor
LC no. 2021037246
ISBN 9781000527063
1000527069
9781003179559
100317955X
1000527026
9781000527025