Hi Barbara-I've never subscribed for one moment to the ressource curse theory. It's all about blatant theft of national ressources by an insatiable group of greedy individuals who simply dont care about the rest of their countrymen. Some Nordic countries are endowed with natural ressources and are performing very well; ressource curse theorists should tell us why their therory doesn't apply to these countries. For me it's just a question of bad governance and a culture of impunity that protects wrong doers..
Hi Barbara-I've never subscribed for one moment to the ressource curse theory. It's all about blatant theft of national ressources by an insatiable group of greedy individuals who simply dont care about the rest of their countrymen. Some Nordic countries are endowed with natural ressources and are performing very well; ressource curse theorists should tell us why their therory doesn't apply to these countries. For me it's just a question of bad governance and a culture of impunity that protects wrong doers..