Are natural resources a curse or a blessing? The answer may depend on how natural
wealth is managed. By transforming a temporary windfall into a permanent stock in the form …

The link between natural resources and conflict has been extensively analysed by the
empirical literature. Yet, there is disagreement on both the existence and the type of …

Do geopolitical conflicts matter for the environmental, social, governance (ESG) and overall
ESG performance of firms? We answer this question by studying the impact of geopolitical …

This article reviews recent research on pastoral resource conflict in the context of security
crises across Sudano–Sahelian West and Central Africa. The goal is to improve …

In the aftermath of the Liberian civil war, groups of ex-combatants seized control of natural
resource enclaves in the rubber, diamond, and timber sectors. With some of them …

Land disputes have been an important risk to social stability in China since the turn of the
century. This paper uses provincial data on illegal land uses during the period 1999–2010 …

We consider the different types of rent-seeking practices in emerging oil economies, and
discuss how they contribute to social conflict and a local resource curse in the Albertine …

This paper examines the influence of natural resources on conflict over the 2010–2019
period in 54 African countries using a novel quadratic regression model and threshold …

Дестабилизация или хотя бы ее угроза–неизбежная фаза развития любого общества.
Настоящая работа является попыткой учесть, насколько это возможно, влияние …

Natural resource extraction is economically important in many developing countries, but
social conflict can threaten the viability of the sector. This article examines why polluting …