1st Edition
Resources Booms and Macroeconomic Adjustments in Developing Countries
By Mamta Banu Chowdhury
Copyright 2004
210 Pages
by
Routledge
209 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
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Chowdhury addresses fundamental issues of policy management in resource-based developing countries, by providing an extension of the existing 'Dutch Disease' theory and its applications to the developing country context. The impact of resources booms is of paramount importance for the developing economies. To date the analytical and empirical investigations of these issues have not been available.... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Resources boom and macroeconomic adjustment: a survey; An overview of the Papua New Guinea economy; Determinants of real exchange rate in Papua New Guinea; Determinants of sectoral output, savings and investment in Papua New Guinea; Impact of major resources booms in Papua New Guinea; A comparative study of resources booms in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Nigeria; Conclusion; Statistical appendix: supplementary statistical tables, notes and basic data; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Chowdhury, Mamta Banu
