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How to manage revenues from extractives? There’s a book for that!

Offshore oil and rig platform. Photo: © curraheeshutter / Shutterstock. Countries with large nonrenewable resources can benefit significantly from them, but reliance on revenues from these sources poses major challenges for policy makers. If you are a senior ministry of finance official in a resource-rich country, what are the challenges that you would face and…See More

Apr 5

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Håvard Halland posted a blog post

How to manage revenues from extractives? There’s a book for that!

Offshore oil and rig platform. Photo: © curraheeshutter / Shutterstock. Countries with large nonrenewable resources can benefit significantly from them, but reliance on revenues from these sources poses major challenges for policy makers. If you are a senior ministry of finance official in a resource-rich country, what are the challenges that you would face and…See More

Feb 8

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Juan Herrera favorited Håvard Halland's blog post Can “Resource Financed Infrastructure” Fix the Natural Resource Curse?

Oct 4, 2014

Shalom Ndiku commented on Håvard Halland's blog post 'Can “Resource Financed Infrastructure” Fix the Natural Resource Curse?'

"This is quite an interesting concept, keen on reading the full WB report. RFI's are something we can start bringing up on the Kenyan discussion with large infrastructure projects like the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor…"

Sep 30, 2014

Antipas Massawe commented on Håvard Halland's blog post 'Can “Resource Financed Infrastructure” Fix the Natural Resource Curse?'

"Resource-rich developing countries should ensure that most (if not all) revenues mining generates from non-renewable minerals like oil and natural gas serve low-interest loans to both public and private sectors investing in the development of…"

Sep 30, 2014

Håvard Halland posted a blog post

Can “Resource Financed Infrastructure” Fix the Natural Resource Curse?

In Africa, estimates indicate that an annual investment of $93 billion is required to address the continent’s basic infrastructure needs – more than double the current level of investment. The lack of productive investment of resource revenues, with spending of these revenues often heavily tilted towards consumption, is a…See More

Sep 23, 2014

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Jun 19, 2011

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