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Resource depletion and terms of trade collapse : "The zambian disease"
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Date Issued
1988-01
Date Available
2009-09-29T14:25:05Z
Abstract
This paper considers the response of a labour-abundant developing economy, initially heavily dependent on a single resource, to depletion of that resource or to permanent collapse in the terms of international trade agaist the resource sector. It is shown that agriculture will be the new long-run growth sector. But if the country borrows abroad in order to maintain living standards in the short-run and medium-run following the resource sector collapse, the economy might be forced to repudiate its international debts even if growth occurs in the longer-run.
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A hard copy is available in UCD Library at GEN 330.08 IR/UNI
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. School of Economics
Series
UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series
WP88/2
Subject – LCSH
Economic development
Developing countries--Economic conditions
Natural resources
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
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