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Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth: Evidence from Africa

Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth: Evidence from Africa

In a previous post, Maniza Naqvi discussed how cash transfers from natural resource wealth revenues have the potential to reduce poverty in resource-rich countries. In this post, she discusses how direct dividends from natural ...
The Promise of Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth

The Promise of Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth

  It's a place of darkness. People hail from tribes and clans. They are poor and live in basic shelters in remote villages, with no running water or electricity, and no access to clinics. They subsist on seasonal work, hunting ...