Saturday, November 14, 2009

"Maldição dos recursos" e democracia

Must natural resources be a curse?, por Sambit Bhattacharyya e Roland Hodler:

Resource-rich countries are often cursed by corruption and governance problems. This column shows that the natural resource curse burdens non-democracies, but countries with better democratic institutions are not corrupted by such endowments. For governments accountable to their citizens, resources can be a blessing.

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