Economic diversification remains at the top of the agenda for hundreds of regions around the world. From the single commodity economies of African countries and the Caribbean to the many single industry regions of Europe and North America as well as the oil and gas rich but volatile hydrocarbon economies. Economic diversification policies have been around for almost a century with varying degrees of success and failure. ă Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies takes a special interest in the policy experiences of a set of different countries that have extractive industries representing significant drivers of their economies and subsequently are significant contributors to government revenues. It explores twelve cases including upper-middle to high income economies such as Canada Australia Iceland and Norway emerging economies such as Latin America the GCC (Saudi and UAE) Kazakhstan Malaysia and Russia as well as the developing economy of Uganda. Each chapter provides a review of economic diversification experiences including policy environment diversification strategies desired outcomes the role of government and a critical evaluation of achievements. ă This book is suitable for those who study environmental economics development economics and resource management.
Economic diversification remains at the top of the agenda for hundreds of regions around the world. From the single commodity economies of African countries and the Caribbean to the many single industry regions of Europe and North America as well as the oil and gas rich but volatile hydrocarbon economies. Economic diversification policies have been around for almost a century with varying degrees of success and failure. ă Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich Economies takes a special interest in the policy experiences of a set of different countries that have extractive industries representing significant drivers of their economies and subsequently are significant contributors to government revenues. It explores twelve cases including upper-middle to high income economies such as Canada Australia Iceland and Norway emerging economies such as Latin America the GCC (Saudi and UAE) Kazakhstan Malaysia and Russia as well as the developing economy of Uganda. Each chapter provides a review of economic diversification experiences including policy environment diversification strategies desired outcomes the role of government and a critical evaluation of achievements. ă This book is suitable for those who study environmental economics development economics and resource management.
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