http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/publication?feed=rss ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "publication" on Netvouz http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/vol11/article11-8.html Natural resources should generate wealth and promote both economic development and a reduction in poverty.The logic behind this view can be seen either in terms of common sense or based upon economic development theory.In the case of the latter, capital constraints and dual gap analysis imply the revenues accruing from natural resource projects should break these constraints.However, most countries having an abundance of minerals or oil seem to perform worse in terms of growth and poverty reduction than resource poor countries. Large windfall gains from such projects appear to create severe distortions in the working of the economy and the political system with strongly negative socio-political consequences. This phenomenon is called esource curse. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:52:29 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00001819/01/Bieber.pdf By Florian Bieber. The paper compares minority rights situation in the countries of Former Yugoslavia with the overall improvement in human rights protection in the last decade and a half. Minority rights remain largely undefined and international standards in this sphere - vague and evasive. In addition to protection from discrimination, linguistic and educational rights, the concept of minority rights should encompass political participation. The paper proceeds with a review of international legislation which endorses the above claim, and substantiates it with empirical evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia which demonstrates that political re-presentation alone is not sufficient to protect the rights of minorities x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:25:16 GMT http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/vol8/article8-8.html This Paper looks at recent trends in dispute resolution in the Oil and Gas Industries. There is probably little doubt that the two major methods of dispute resolution are still litigation in the national courts and international arbitration. But it is clear that other dispute resolution processes are being used, amongst them ADR and Expert Determination. To state the obvious, which type of dispute mechanism will be used in any particular case will depend upon the precise nature of the dispute: a jurisdiction dispute arising out of an international contract is likely to be settled by litigation rather than, say, expert determination. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:42:12 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/cep/articles_publications/publications/money_20041117/follow_money.pdf#search=%22Follow%20the%20Money%3A%20A%20Guide%20to%20Monitoring%20Budgets%20and%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20Revenues%20(Lifting%20the%20Resource%20Curse%201)%22 Many countries, rich in natural resources, squander their wealth, enriching a minority, while corruption and mismanagement leave the majority impoverished. This book helpful in learning to work with advocates on issues involving budgets and extractive industry revenues. It targets different audiences NGOs, journalists, investors, and policymakers — in an effort to help these stakeholders promote government transparency and accountability. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:25:21 GMT http://pdc.ceu.hu/archive/00002624/01/4_years_of_transition_in_Serbia.pdf By Begovic, Boris and Mijatovic, Bosko (eds.); Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies. The book evaluates the ground covered in Serbia's independence and identifies obstacles to be expected on the road to a liberal-democratic system, a market economy and the rule of law x2006 Fellows-ALL > 2006 Fellows - Wider Europe > Beáta Huszka ipfwgweb Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:22:58 GMT http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wb/1491/2005/00000001/00000001/art00001 International policies towards protecting intellectual property rights have seen profound changes over the past two decades. This book brings together empirical research that assesses the effects of changing intellectual property regimes on various measures of economic and social performance. The main arguments are given by the fact that intellectual property norms should be adjusted to domestic needs, taking into account developing countries’ capacity to innovate, technological needs, and institutional capabilities. In addition, governments need to consider a range of complementary policies to maximize the benefits and reduce the costs of reformed intellectual property regulations. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:47:24 GMT http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/vol7/article7-20a.html Political attention is increasing on the glaring contradiction in most oil-rich countries between natural abundance on economic and social misery. How can it be that oil is not a blessing, but becomes a curse? Although drawing on economic analysis (Dutch disease), the analytical framework established in this report on Angola and Azerbaijan emphases political and institutional factors and concentrates on the role of the state. Selected variables that are likely to decide whether the petro-states become 'predatory' or 'developmental' are studied for both countries. The analysis indicates a danger that oil resources will continue to trickle away instead of trickling down to the benefit of the broader Angolan and Azerbaijani population. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:51:31 GMT http://209.85.129.104/u/ei?q=cache:bLGrqZbDs6sJ:www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/STP/Oil%2520revenue%2520management/General%2520Oil%2520Documents/Nigeria/Nigeria%2520Petroleum%2520Revenue%2520Management%2520UdehPaper.pdf+oil+and+politics&hl=hu&ct=clnk&cd=12&ie=UTF-8 The issue of oil mineral resources and petroleum revenue in Nigeria has come a long way. From a modest start of about 5,000 barrels of crude oil per day in 1957, the country now has the potential of producing well over 2.4 millions barrels a day. In the same vein the revenue accruing from oil has run into billions of naira over the years as shown in table 1 for 1981 -1999. On oil mineral deposits, a recent publication by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) states that oil mineral reserves in Nigeria (proven) amount to over 32 billion barrels of crude, while natural gas reserve (proven) is estimated at 260 trillion cubic feet. Further exploration is still being undertaken both on-shore and off-shore, within the Nigerian continental shelf. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:43:08 GMT http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.062404.170436 The authors argue over the widely accepted contention that an abundance of mineral resources and the influx of external rents generated from these resources during boom periods are to be blamed for the so-called "resource curse". They offer instead a new research agenda for studying the problem of resorce-rich which states that shifts the locus of study away from the "paradox of plenty" to a more appropriate paradox---that the concentration of wealth impoverishes the state whereas the dispersion of wealth enriches the state. This agenda focuses on three interrelated issues: the structure of ownership over mineral resources, the importance of strong institutions, and the relative influence of domestic versus international factors. xAnnotated papers-ALL > Annotated papers-Combating the Resource Curse ipfwgweb Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:35:04 GMT http://www.ieis.lu The area of research specialization of the Institute includes East-West relations after the end of the Cold War (new opportunities and risks; building of democracy and market economy), Transatlantic relations: rethinking and redefining the relationship at the political, economic, and strategic levels; and the European integration process, with a focus on the single market, the Maastricht and the Amsterdam treaties, the process of deepening and widening, flexible integration, CFSP, the Schengen process, EMU. WG links-ALL > WG Organizational related Links - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:52:29 GMT