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Tag Archives: Oil Curse
A Nigerian Oil Curse?
There are often references being made to the oil curse, the supposed wretchedness of resource endowments that plunges developing countries into a never-ending spiral of internal strife and instability. The rationale is partially based upon the developing countries’ weak institutional … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary History, Economic History, Violence
Tagged Africa, Bonny Light, MEND Guerilla, Nigeria, Oil Curse, Oil Production
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