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    Extractive industries, development and the role of donors

    Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2013
    Extractive Industries (EI) explore, find, extract, process and market sub-soil assets – oil, gas and mined minerals. EI represent a large and growing activity in many less-developed countries. But natural resource wealth does not always lead to sustainable and inclusive growth. This guide sets out the recent rise in importance of EI to less-developed countries.
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    The environment and poverty times

    Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2008
    The paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how natural resources can contribute to economic growth that also benefits the poor.
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    The resource curse: which institutions matter?

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Countries rich in natural resources on average grow more slowly than countries without such
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    100 to 1: EFIC’s gamble with climate

    AID/WATCH, 2007
    This report explores the ways in which Australia’s Export Finance Insurance Corporation (EFIC) may be undermining efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It argues that,  through its export credit agency (ECA), the Australian Government facilitates and encourages the development of many highly polluting projects in developing countries.
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    Afghanistan, Inc: a Corpwatch investigative report

    Corporate Watch, 2006
    This investigative report argues that Afghans are losing their faith in the development experts whose job is to reconstruct and rebuild their country. While the quality of life for most is modestly improved, they were promised much more.
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    Aid and the resource curse

    World Bank, 2005
    This paper suggests ways to avoid the ‘resource curse’, where countries with abundant natural resources grow more slowly than those without.The author urges that more attention be devoted to "resource curse" and discusses how national institutions may have been damaged due to the availability of increased aid.
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    Sweet like chocolate?: making the coffee and cocoa trade work for biodiversity and livelihoods

    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 2003
    This paper studies the cases of cocoa and coffee to assess whether their systems of production and trade meet the needs and aspirations of poor rural populations in the developing world, and minimize environmental damage. Findings include: