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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Dutch Disease"”.
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Dutch Disease in Australia: A Structural VAR Model
… important for explaining the evidence of Dutch disease over the period of 1984:Q1 to 2016:Q4. The 2000s boom is the first mining boom in Australia after the adoption of the floating exchange rate, inflation targeting, and de-centralised wage system. We analysed how different sectors have …
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Oil and exchange rate in Nigeria: a case of Dutch Disease
This study examines whether Dutch Disease is present in Nigeria in the light of the rejection of the Dutch Disease thesis in other studies on Nigeria. The study assesses the impact of expanding oil revenues on non-oil sectors of the Nigerian economy, taking the agricultural sector as the …
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Impact of oil revenue volatility on the real exchange rate and the structure of economy: Empirical evidence of “Dutch disease” in Iraq
… by (Corden and Neary 1982) with the so-called ‘Dutch-disease’. As a result, booming sector (oil Sector) the country’s currency appreciates, thereby reducing the competitiveness of the country’s traditional export sector in international market. This thesis examines whether Dutch Disease is …
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The role of Oil in Economic Development -The case of Libya (1970-2010).
… suggesting that Norway managed to avoid the Dutch disease, the UAE show no major signs of the resource curse, Norway and the UAE have largely managed to overcome Dutch disease, while Nigeria suffers a management curse. The first model suggests that Libya may experience a resource curse, but …
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Price Level of Non-tradable Goods in Iceland: Explanations by Economic Fundamentals
… is a classic demonstration of unsustainable ‘Dutch disease’. Meanwhile increasing trade deficit helped to magnify the effect of the ‘Dutch disease’.
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The impact of fluctuations in the international oil markets on the Iraqi economy
… impacted the Iraqi economy through the "Dutch Disease." Therefore, the relationship between global oil market fluctuations and the emergence of "Dutch Disease" symptoms was studied, as well as the impact of "Dutch Disease" on the traded commodity sectors, specifically the manufacturing …
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The role of the non-oil minerals sector in the economic growth of Saudi Arabia
… approach, the input-output approach and the Dutch disease approach. The empirical findings of this study show the following: 1. A non-oil export portfolio analysis provided guidance to the Saudi Arabian planners who seek simultaneously to reduce export earnings instability and achieve …
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Curse or blessing? : challenges of commodity-based economies
… resource-based economies. Such concepts as the Dutch Disease, Rentier State, Governance and Corruption are discussed. In the final section, outline different methods of the resource curse management by first exploring monetary and fiscal policies, and later touching upon the issues of …
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Desindustrialização: uma análise do caso brasileiro
… to the phenomenon that many authors refer to as "Dutch disease" or "resource curse".
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Transparency, Accountability and Public Participation as Foundations for Effective Operations of Natural Resource Funds: Implications for the Russian Stabilization Fund
… be useless or even harmful. "Resource curse," "Dutch disease," and "rentier" behavior are theoretical rationales for establishing NRFs. Corruption is viewed as a "transmission channel" of natural resource effects on growth.</p><p> Guidelines to evaluate NRFs for transparency and accountability …
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Beyond Oil Wealth: Resiliency of the Aliyev Administration in Azerbaijan
… than a blessing for developing countries. The Dutch Disease phenomenon highlights that the rapid development of the natural resource sector leads to a decline in other sectors, primarily the manufacturing and agricultural industries. It also leads to currency appreciation, which makes a …
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The fundamental determinants of the South African real exchange rate from 1995 to 2014
… fact that South Africa does not suffer from the Dutch Disease. The research also supports the Balassa-Samuelson effect where an increase in productivity causes RER appreciation. In terms of policy, the research recommends that South Africa should continue to strengthen the manufacturing export …
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Enclaves, legacies and prospects for sustained development in mineral-rich Africa
… curse”, an exhaustive list that includes the “Dutch Disease”, weak institutions and consequent poor management of revenues. One overarching idea that warrants further investigation as a potential explanation for this paradox, particularly in areas of Africa where foreign-financed large-scale …
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Consumption and Commodities: The Political Economy of Canada’s Growth Model
… the combined impacts of currency appreciation (Dutch disease), extreme trade dependence on the US (Canadian disease), and neoliberal reforms that curtailed federal industrial policy capacity. Politically, diminished manufacturing interests in Ontario and Quebec, coupled with resource-producing …
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Drivers and obstacles of agriculture development in Libya : Case study : Marine aquaculture.
… improving productivity led to emergence of the Dutch disease symptoms in agriculture sector; the continued domination of public sector, that was characterised by poor economic performance, has had a negative impact on development process in terms of mismanagement and spread of corruption. …
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The role of institutional systems and government policy in securing inward foreign direct investment in Kuwait. The impact of institutional and government policy systems on the inward foreign direct investment decision in Kuwait
… Many of these states suffer from the Dutch disease leading to negative effects, which hinders economic diversification. One of the ways to reduce dependency on national resources is to encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, which aids diversification by the transfer of …
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Dealing with plenty: Brazil in the era of surplus oil
… sector of the economy, a phenomenon named Dutch Disease. The existence of oil wealth can also pose a threat to development through political mechanisms. It stimulates rent-seeking behavior and reckless fiscal spending, and it makes reform harder to accomplish. Chapter 2 also contains a …
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The Resource Curse and Peru: A Potential Threat for the Future?
<p>What explains the ability of some countries to successfully use their natural resources towards development and economic growth while for others stagnation and impoverishment? The resource curse theory has helped economists explain this observation. This work examines how Peru has been able to …