Institutional Design and Capacity to Enhance Effective Governance of Oil and Gas Wealth: The Case of Kurdistan Region

• Main Author: Auzer, Khazal Abdullah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region,
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Political economy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Efficiency.; Political Economy.; Middle Eastern and North African Economics.; Governance and Government.

This book presents a ‘critical reappraisal’ of the resource curse thesis and extends the analysis to consider political and social dimensions, and thus, the importance of structure in the petroleum sector’s governance model. It examines major challenges surrounding the governance of petroleum resour...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Chapter 1:Overview
• Chapter 2: Literature Review
• Chapter 3: Transmission Channels of the ‘Resource Curse’ Reappraised
• Chapter 4: Lessons from Other Petroleum-­‐Rich States
• Chapter 5: Importance and Development of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
• Chapter 6: Management of Oil and Gas Resources in Iraqi-­‐Kurdistan
• Chapter 7: General Conclusions and Discussion
• References
• Appendices.