Institutions and place: bringing context back into the study of the resource curse
批判主流资源诅咒文献对“制度重要”的狭隘理解，强调地方背景的关键作用，提出六项治理挑战和十三种发展陷阱，并勾勒“背景重要”框架，对资源型国家的发展研究有参考价值。
Abstract Scholars across the social sciences have debated whether resource dependence curses or blesses national development prospects, with a growing consensus on mixed outcomes and the centrality of institutions. Mainstream literature, however, falls short in depicting what the resource curse entails: the claim that “institutions matter” usually has a narrow meaning that largely overlooks the significance of place. A review of the paved road in research reveals a need to critically integrate approaches to studying the curse, as well as more insightful research on which institutions matter, how , and where . Expounding six governance challenges and thirteen development traps, I set out a simple yet crucial lesson: resource-based development presents both blessings and curses for any given resource-rich country in any given time period, and institutions are likely to be part of the explanation. I sketch how a “context matters” framework could guide future research, with illustrations from the Latin American experience.