Fuelling War: Natural Resources and Armed Conflict

by Philippe Le Billon

Book Overview

A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource wealth often proves a curse rather than a blessing. Billions of dollars from resource exploitation benefit repressive regimes and rebel groups, at a massive cost for local populations. This Adelphi Paper analyses the economic and political vulnerability of resource-dependent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415379709
• ISBN13: 9780415379700
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"