Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries: The statistical tendencies

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This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive resources: metals, and oil and gas. The paper also assesses how country levels of dependence have changed in the past twenty years, showing that there has been a clear upward trend. The paper outlines how the upward trend has continued in many countries despite the recent commodity price collapse, and assesses some of the consequences of that collapse.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9256-322-6
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/98

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: development ; oil ; gas ; exports ; dependence

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Roe, Alan ; Dodd, Samantha
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/322-6
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/163066
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET