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Natural resource booms and local communities

Geoff Riley

16th July 2015

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The macroeconomic impact of a boom in natural resource extraction for developing countries has been thoroughly researched in recent years giving rise to an ongoing debate about whether natural resources are a blessing or a curse.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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