A Dual-Track Strategy for Managing Mauritania's Projected Oil Rent

High rent creates contests for its capture that, unless skilfully managed, degrade political institutions and distort the economy, leading to a collapse of growth if unreformed. Mauritania's projected oil stream risks such an outcome because past rent-driven growth has left a legacy of Dutch di...

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Main Authors: Auty, Richard, Pontara, Nicola
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4795