The "resource curse" vanishes for countries with stable administration and better institutions, like Norway, due to how the resource rents, which is to say the returns from the investment of the extractions are being distributed, while countries rich in resources, like Iran and Saudi Arabia, are still developing and are accompanied by a rising level of poverty. ... " Professor of Economics, Edward Barbier, points out that, "any depreciation of natural resources must be offset by investment in other productive assets," in other words, he argues that institutions must ...

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This has always kept foreign investors at arm's length from investing in Pakistan, which is inevitable for tracing out hidden treasure of country. The military interference in politics has added fuel to the fire and has pushed back the foreign direct investment. ...

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With a personal stance, the Fiji government is in favor of multinational companies operation due to its development model and have a dependency mentality that foreign investment returns could be utilized to develop the current under developed resources. ...

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With a personal stance, the Fiji government is in favor of multinational companies operation due to its development model and have a dependency mentality that foreign investment returns could be utilized to develop the current under developed resources. ...

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