The Resource Curse - What Have We Learned from Two Decades of Intensive Research: Introduction to the Special Issue
这篇特刊引言总结了资源丰富国家发展表现不佳的‘资源诅咒’现象，汇集八篇论文，强调诅咒的存在和强度取决于资源类型、社会政治制度及经济联系等具体情境。
There has been increasing interest in the so-called ‘resource curse’, that is the tendency of resource-rich countries to underperform in several development outcomes. This has generated a mountain of (often contradictory) evidence leaving many floundering in the flood of information. This special issue compiles eight papers from some of the most prominent contributors to this literature, combining original research with critical reflection on the current stock of knowledge. The studies collectively emphasise the complexities and conditionalities of the ‘curse’ – its presence/intensity is largely context-specific, depending on the type of resources, socio-political institutions and linkages with the rest of the economy.