Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economies

Abstract

Previously published as: Witter, S. & Jakobsen, M. (2017) Choices for spending government revenue: New African oil, gas, and mining economies. WIDER Working Paper 2017/150. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. Deposited in this repository at: https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/4732 ; Extractives projects have the potential to contribute to improved human development, but this is not guaranteed. It is well understood that translating natural resources into individuals living longer and healthier lives, gaining a good education, and having a decent standard of living requires strategic planning and policy choices based around individual country contexts. ; https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/extractive-industries ; pub ; pub