Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The African continent provides majority of the world’s raw material for technology and fine jewelry. Countries dependent on their extractive industries lag behind on developmental goals. Their GDPs are high as well as their national poverty levels. This paper explores the factors in which a nation lacks development when it is financially wealthy to do so. There are similar patterns in nations where resource curse has occurred. What is the key to sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa? Is solving corruption and migrating away from a market dependent on primary exports the answer? Can they transition from the ancient patrimonial state to democracy? The paper explores the patterns, the results and perhaps a change.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- International Relations
- Year dc:date.available
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Girma, Rebecca
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Jeffery Kucik
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/392
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-1391