#  Natural Resource Curse 

 



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"[An Economic Perspective on the Natural Resource Curse and Its Implications for a Developing Country](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/EcuadorResources2014Apr.pptx)," Day of Ecuador at Harvard: *Breaking the Natural Resources Dependence,* April 21, 2014.  
  
"[Resource Abundance: Pitfalls and Prescriptions](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/ResourcesDevWBI2013Apr.ppt)," Frontiers in Development Policy, World Bank Institute, April 22, 2013.   
  
["Dealing with the Resource Curse: How Can Commodity Exporters Reduce Procylicality?",](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommodityExportersZanzibarDec2012.ppt)"[NBER Conference](http://www.nber.org/AfricanSuccesses/conf.html), Zanzibar, Dec.18-19, 2012.  
  
“[The Natural Resource Curse: Causal Channels](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRCurseCauses2012Cuba.ppt)," University of Havana, Cuba, Nov.2, 2012.  
  
"The Natural Resource Curse and How to Fight It,"[ (I) Causes](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesCurseJul2012IMF-Part1Causes.ppt) [(II) Cures](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/CommoditiesCurseJul2012IMF-Part2Recs.ppt), IMF Institute for Capacity Development, July 27, 2012.  
  
“[The Mining Resource ‘Curse’ and How Countries Can Fight It](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/MiningRBC-June2012.ppt),” RBC Global Mining Conference, Toronto, June 20, 2012.

“[The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey of Diagnoses and Some Prescriptions](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NResourceCurseIMF2012.doc),” in [High Level Seminar](http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2011/lic/index.htm), IMF Annual Meetings, Sept.21, 2011, [slides](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRC-IMF2011SeptNoA.ppt); [videoclip](http://www.imf.org/external/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=1176540400001) (Sheeran, Frankel, Bredenkamp, Ross...).

"Increases in Global Commodity Prices: Macroeconomics and Policy Responses of Developing Countries," [full slides](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BoliviafoodPricesFull18Jul2011.ppt), V Jornada Monetario, Central Bank of Bolivia, July 18, 2011. [Main](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BoliviafoodPricesNoAp.ppt).  
([appendices)](http://hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BoliviaFoodPricesAppendices.ppt).

[IMF Podcasts on the Curse](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/pvcast.aspx): [Causes, June 30](http://www.imf.org/external/podcast/2011/resource_curse0611.mp3) and [Remedies, July 6](http://www.imf.org/external/podcast/2011/resource_curse0611-2.mp3), 2011.  
  
"T[he Natural Resource Curse](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRC-IMF2011Full.ppt)" slides, Low-Income Countries seminar series, IMF, April 26, 2011; [I: Pitfalls of Commodity Wealth](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRCmineralIMF2011Part1.ppt) II: [Recommendations to Avoid the Pitfalls](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRCrecommendtnsIMF2011Part2.ppt). Revised from: [I: Can Mineral Wealth Cause Problems?](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRCmineralectureUB2011.ppt) & II: [Recommendations](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/NRCrecommendtnsUB2011.ppt), written for Mongolia Economic Forum, Ulan Bator, March 3, 2011.  
  
Oil Economics lecture slides, [Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy](http://ada.edu.az/academics/summerschool/ss2009/), Baku, July 7-9, 2010: 1.[Oil Prices](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BakuEnergyEconomics-I%20OilP.ppt). 2. [Resource Curse](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BakuEnergyEconomics_II_NRC.ppt). 3.[Recommendations](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BakuEnEcIII.ppt). 4.[Democracy](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/jfrankel/BakuEnergyEconomics_Democ.ppt).