Measuring National Income and Growth in Resource-Rich, Income-Poor Countries

In the decade leading to the recent commodity boom, which peaked in 2007-08, several resource-rich, low-income countries displayed high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth while social indicators did not improve significantly. It is well k...

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Main Authors: Hamilton, Kirk, Ley, Eduardo
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/08/12779664/measuring-national-income-growth-resource-rich-income-poor-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11081