pt. 1. Thematic issues: Introduction and overview : blessing or curse? Financing social policies in mineral-rich countries / Katja Hujo -- Development and growth in resource-dependent countries / Thorvaldur Gylfason -- Economic policy in mineral-rich countries / Samuel G. Asfaha -- Social policy and state revenues in mineral-rich contexts / Leonith Hinojosa, Anthony Bebbington and Armando Barrientos -- Institutional change and state capacity / Evelyn Dietsche -- pt. 2. Case studies: Mineral rents and social development in Norway / Halvor Mehlum, Karl Moene and RagnarTorvik -- Mineral rents and social development in Chile / Juan Carlos Guajardo Beltrán -- Mineral wealth, development and social policy in Indonesia / William Ascher -- Has Botswana beaten the resource curse? / Scott Pegg -- Social policy in a mineral-rich economy : the case of Nigeria / Jímì O. Adésínà -- Conclusion : harnessing the potential of mineral rents for social development : options and constraints / Katja Hujo.

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