The natural resource curse
: the role of markets and preferences on conflict occurrenc

  • Raphaël Teixeira da Silva

Student thesis: Master typesMaster de spécialisation en économie internationale et du développement

Résumé

In this paper, I focused on identifying the characteristics that makes vanilla a valid resource, and Madagascar and Uganda valid case studies for the theoretical framework developed by Dickson, MacKenzie and Sekeris, all the while identifying the underlying problems with applying the model in a cross-country study. The preliminary remarks and conclusions formulated in this paper are based on personal research and data accessed online through available datasets. The very basic empirical method suggested to test the hypotheses is limited both by its simplicity, which does not account for both observable and unobservable variables and from a lack of data. I surmise that while Madagascar and Uganda are good case studies for investigating the model’s hypotheses, there are several obstacles that necessitate to either obtain data from a different source (collection on the ground through surveys and investigations) or to find a way to work around the limited data on conflicts, as accurate government statistics on crime rates are not available. Further investigation into the intrinsic relation between conflict and the production and price of grabbable resources remains necessary.
la date de réponse2021
langue originaleAnglais
L'institution diplômante
  • Universite de Namur
SuperviseurFrancois LIBOIS (Promoteur)

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