La maldición de los recursos naturales y los hidrocarburos: una revisión de literatura

• Autores: Eszter Wirth
• Localización: Papeles de Europa, ISSN-e 1989-5917, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 19-39
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/pade.61487
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• Resumen
  • español

    La especialización en recursos naturales y sus desafíos inherentes han sido dos de los temas más estudiados y discutidos por la literatura de la economía del desarrollo. El presente trabajo pretende sistematizar los ejes del debate en torno a la maldición de los recursos naturales, poniendo énfasis en sus cuatro potenciales canales de transmisión y tratando de identificar las peculiaridades del petróleo y del gas natural que llevan a los países exportadores de estas materias primas a tener tendencia a sufrir los síntomas de dicha maldición. Se insiste en la variable institucional, clave para el diseño de políticas que mitiguen sus canales de transmisión.

  • English

    Specialization in natural resources and its inherent challenges have been two of the most analyzed and discussed topics in the literature on development economics. This article aims to systematize the core ideas regarding the debate on the resource curse, by focusing on its four potential transmission channels and by trying to identify the features of oil and natural gas that make exporters of these raw materials prone to suffer from the curse symptoms. The institutional variable, which holds a key role in designing policies focused on the mitigation of the four transmission channels is highlighted.

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