Confronting The Curse

Author : Cullen Hendrix,Marcus Noland
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780881326772

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Confronting The Curse by Cullen Hendrix,Marcus Noland Pdf

Countries blessed with abundant natural resources often seek financial and political power from their supposedly lucky status. But the potentially negative impact of natural resources on development of poor countries is captured in the phrase "the resource curse." Instead of success and prosperity, producers of gold, oil, rubber, sugar, and other commodities—many in the least developed parts of Africa and Asia—often remain mired in poverty and plagued by economic mismanagement, political authoritarianism, foreign exploitation, and violent conflict. These difficulties and the many challenges they pose for American foreign policy are the focus of this important new book. Marcus Noland and Cullen S. Hendrix review recent developments as poor countries struggle to avoid the "resource curse" but fall too often into that trap. They call for support for international efforts to encourage greater transparency and improved management of natural resource wealth and for new partnerships between the West and the developing world to "confront the curse."

Author : Tim Wu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 0999745468

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The Curse of Bigness by Tim Wu Pdf

From the man who coined the term "net neutrality" and who has made significant contributions to our understanding of antitrust policy and wireless communications, comes a call for tighter antitrust enforcement and an end to corporate bigness.

Author : Aled Williams,Philippe Le Billon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785361203

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Corruption, Natural Resources and Development by Aled Williams,Philippe Le Billon Pdf

This book provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches, this volume provides a series of nuanced and policy-relevant case studies analyzing patterns of corruption around natural resources and options to reach anti-corruption goals. The potential for new variations of the resource curse in the forest and urban land sectors and the effectiveness of anti-corruption policies in resource sectors are considered in depth. Corruption in oil, gas, mining, fisheries, biofuel, wildlife, forestry and urban land are all covered, and potential solutions discussed.

Author : Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409463092

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Governance of the Petroleum Sector in an Emerging Developing Economy by Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu Pdf

Oil exploration in the developing world has been and continues to be a high profile and high risk activity attracting media coverage and stimulating much debate. In Governance of the Petroleum Sector in an Emerging Developing Economy, Professor Kwaku Appiah-Adu has assembled an edited volume that provides insight into critical aspects of this highly sensitive activity. Professor Appiah-Adu’s starting point is Ghana, where he has been closely involved in national policy-making. The book makes comparisons between that African country and others as diverse as Trinidad and Tobago, and Norway. The contributors, global experts in their respective fields, explore five critical themes and propose strategies for progress in each. You will find an in-depth analysis relating to: turning oil and gas wealth into sustainable and equitable development; entrenching transparency and stakeholder engagement; effective management of the oil and gas sector; and safeguarding security and the environment. Finally, country specific models and lessons, particularly for Ghana and other African oil producing nations, are offered. This book serves as reference for business practitioners, policy makers, scholars, students and anyone interested in gaining insight into the oil and gas sector, particularly as it pertains to Ghana and other African petroleum producing nations, with lessons drawn from the global arena and international best practice.

Author : Karen Houppert
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466813960

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The Curse by Karen Houppert Pdf

A provocative look at the way our culture deals with menstruation. The Curse examines the culture of concealment that surrounds menstruation and the devastating impact such secrecy has on women's physical and psychological health. Karen Houppert combines reporting on the potential safety problems of sanitary products--such as dioxin-laced tampons--with an analysis of the way ads, movies, young-adult novels, and women's magazines foster a "menstrual etiquette" that leaves women more likely to tell their male colleagues about an affair than brazenly carry an unopened tampon down the hall to the bathroom. From the very beginning, industry-generated instructional films sketch out the parameters of acceptable behavior and teach young girls that bleeding is naughty, irrepressible evidence of sexuality. In the process, confident girls learn to be self-conscious teens. And the secrecy has even broader implications. Houppert argues that industry ad campaigns have effectively stymied consumer debate, research, and safety monitoring of the sanitary-protection industry. By telling girls and women how to think and talk about menstruation, the mostly male-dominated media have set a tone that shapes women's experiences for them, defining what they are allowed to feel about their periods, their bodies, and their sexuality.

Author : Karen Houppert
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Menstruation
ISBN : 0374273669

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The Curse by Karen Houppert Pdf

In this provocative look at the way our culture deals with menstruation, a reporter for "The Village Voice" shows what a devastating impact secrecy has had on women's physical and psychological health. Illustrations. Bibliography.

Author : Richard Auty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134867899

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Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies by Richard Auty Pdf

It is widely believed that natural mineral resources are desirable. However there is growing evidence that this may not always be the case. Indeed, it seems that natural assets can distort the economy to such a degree that the benefit actually becomes a curse. In Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies, Richard Auty highlights these drawbacks and the devastating effect they can have on developing economies. With reference to six ore-exporters (viz. Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Jamaica, Zambia and Papua New Guinea) he outlines how things can go badly wrong. He particularly stresses the need to avoid `Dutch Disease' whereby competitiveness is drained out of the agriculture and manufacturing sectors so that in the long term growth falters.

Author : Corey Ann Haydu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534437050

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Ever Cursed by Corey Ann Haydu Pdf

“Ideal for fans of Jennifer Donnelly’s Stepsister.” —Booklist Damsel meets A Heart in a Body in the World in this incisive and lyrical feminist fairy tale about a princess determined to save her sisters from a curse, even if it means allying herself with the very witch who cast it. The Princesses of Ever are beloved by the kingdom and their father, the King. They are cherished, admired. Cursed. Jane, Alice, Nora, Grace, and Eden carry the burden of being punished for a crime they did not commit, or even know about. They are each cursed to be Without one essential thing—the ability to eat, sleep, love, remember, or hope. And their mother, the Queen, is imprisoned, frozen in time in an unbreakable glass box. But when Eden’s curse sets in on her thirteenth birthday, the princesses are given the opportunity to break the curse, preventing it from becoming a True Spell and dooming the princesses for life. To do this, they must confront the one who cast the spell—Reagan, a young witch who might not be the villain they thought—as well as the wickedness plaguing their own kingdom…and family. Told through the eyes of Reagan and Jane—the witch and the bewitched—this insightful twist of a fairy tale explores power in a patriarchal kingdom not unlike our own.

Author : Edith Nesbit
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434446695

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The Second Macabre MEGAPACK® by Edith Nesbit Pdf

This volume is a treasure-trove of rare 19th-century macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to paranormal experiences, from exotic Arabian Nights adventures to Deals with the Devil, each story in this volume is sure to delight the discerning reader of classic fantasy and horror. Included are: THE GRAY LADY, by Mary E. Lee THE EBONY FRAME, by Edith Nesbit THE DOOM, by Benedict THE CURSE OF THE CATAFALQUES, by F. Anstey THE STRIDING PLACE, by Gertrude Atherton SISTER SERAPHINE, by Edna W. Underwood EXTRAORDINARY INDIAN FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN, by David Dawson Mitchell LAZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev THE TRANSFIGURED, by Heinrich Zschokke THE UNCANNY BAIRN, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin UNCLE ABRAHAM’S ROMANCE, by Edith Nesbit MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE, by Edith Nesbit THE SECRET OF THE STRADIVARIUS, by Hugh Conway MR. LINDSAY’S MANUSCRIPT, by T. H. E. ROSAURA AND HER RELATIONS, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ENCHANTED GIFTS, by Mrs. Jane L. Swift THE GALLOWS MAN, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ROCK OF HANS HEILING, by Theodor Koerner THE VISION OF AGIB, by Anonymous WINDERHANS AND THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, by Anonymous And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" (or just Megapack if Wildside Megapack doesn't work) to see all the entries in the Megapack series -- including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!

Author : F. Anstey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : English fiction
ISBN : OXFORD:503294145

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The Black Poodle and Other Tales by F. Anstey Pdf

Author : Ucheoma Nwagbara
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793633767

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The Struggles of Post-Independence Nigeria by Ucheoma Nwagbara Pdf

In The Struggles of Post-Independence Nigeria, Ucheoma Nwagbara argues that despite Nigeria’s oil wealth and arable agricultural land, Nigerians are not any better today than they were before independence. Nwagbara examines Nigeria’s struggles with corruption, reckless government spending, poverty, inequality, crime, and violent insurgency to show how successive Nigerian leadership has failed to utilize the country’s enormous natural and human resources to improve citizens’ lives, eradicate poverty, and deliver broadly shared prosperity, especially to the middle class and the poor. Through his analysis, Nwagbara demonstrates that the nationalist ideals of dedicated and accountable leadership behind the struggle for independence in Nigeria have been betrayed as the emergent post-colonial leadership cared only for personal survival and gain. Despite these failures, Nwagbara reveals that Nigeria may still have a chance to improve and recover if Nigerians unite and demand real change through political and social activism.

Author : Navin A. Bapat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190061487

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Monsters to Destroy by Navin A. Bapat Pdf

Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.

Author : Martin Brueckner,Angela Durey,Robyn Mayes,Christof Pforr
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642538735

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Resource Curse or Cure ? by Martin Brueckner,Angela Durey,Robyn Mayes,Christof Pforr Pdf

Globalisation and rapid social and environmental change in recent decades have brought into sharper focus not only the benefits but also the costs of economic development. The once assumed link between economic development and societal well-being is being increasingly questioned in the face of growing social and environmental problems and unfulfilled expectations concerning political and commercial decision-makers. The orthodox development dogma is being tested in particular in resource-based economies such as Western Australia, where globalisation pressures and the concomitant rise in the demand for natural resources highlight the difficulties of effectively balancing broader societal interests with those of industry and the state. This book provides a critical review of the socio-political, environmental and cultural state of play in Western Australia, offering an analysis of how resource-based developments are shaping the state and its people.

Author : Mike Bradley
Publisher : WestBowPress
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490810249

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Overcoming the Curse on Humanity by Mike Bradley Pdf

Mike will take you on a journey which might revolutionize your understanding and thinking about your God-given purpose and identity. On this journey, you will discover that God’s blueprint for you includes a generous amount of room to search, to discover, to think. God does not want soft, moldy-brained placeholders dangling like soulless puppets on life’s stage. He wants minds and hearts in relationship with Him that are deep, thoughtful, emotional, passionate, and engaged. He wants to share a relationship with you that grows deeper each and every day of your life, sparked by the discovery and wonder of His work all around you. Taken to heart, the practical and powerful insights in this book can refresh your spirit with the promise of fulfillment and purpose with a rebirth experienced by those who are Overcoming the Curse on Humanity.

Author : Mark Davie
Publisher : ECONO Publishing Company
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798223010746

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The Shadow Stalker by Mark Davie Pdf

In the chilling depths of darkness, a malevolent presence lurks, weaving a web of terror and despair. "The Shadow Stalker: A Creature from the Dark" takes readers on a heart-pounding journey through a realm where nightmares come to life and the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur. Emily, our courageous protagonist, finds herself thrust into a world of haunting encounters and sinister reflections. As she unravels the mysteries surrounding the enigmatic Shadow Stalker, a creature born from the depths of the abyss, she becomes entangled in a battle between light and darkness. From whispering shadows to unearthly footsteps, Emily's quest leads her through forgotten graveyards and into the heart of an ancient curse. As she delves deeper, nightmares are unleashed, threatening her sanity and testing her resolve. The desolate woods hold secrets that challenge her every step, and the malevolent gaze of the vengeful specter follows her every move. Driven by a cryptic diary and guided by echoes of the past, Emily navigates treacherous labyrinths and faces the relentless webs of despair that seek to ensnare her. The curse awakens, and she finds herself trapped in a cavern, surrounded by the suffocating embrace of darkness. Through the demon's pact and the shadows of the past, she must confront her deepest fears and untangle the haunting secrets that lie beneath the surface. As Emily's journey unfolds, she finds herself shrouded in fear, haunted by wailing echoes that reverberate through her very soul. Lost in the labyrinth of her own emotions, she battles against malevolent gazes and whispers in the wind, never ceasing in her quest for truth and redemption. In the midnight ritual that culminates in a cataclysmic confrontation, Emily faces the ultimate challenge—confronting the Shadow Stalker itself. With victory hanging in the balance, she harnesses the power of light, transforming her very being into a force that defies the darkness. "The Shadow Stalker: A Creature from the Dark" is a spine-tingling tale that immerses readers in a world where the line between horror and reality blurs. Will Emily prevail against the encroaching malevolence or become entangled in the inescapable clutches of the shadows? Only through the pages of this gripping novel will the answers be revealed. Enter a realm of dread and suspense, where the unknown lurks in every corner and nightmares become all too real. Prepare to be captivated by "The Shadow Stalker: A Creature from the Dark," a chilling horror novel that will leave you breathless and questioning the shadows that linger just out of sight.