Research Summary 29, How do natural resource rents affect budget coalitions? A comparative study of three Andean states.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2008
Country:
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Acosta, A.M.

Abstract

This paper analyzes how the presence of natural resource revenues affected the number and cooperation incentives of political actors in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The paper suggests that the absence of effective political parties undermined the benefits of the decentralization process and gave presidents greater discretionality over the allocation and execution of resource rents.

This is a two-page summary of a forthcoming Working Paper.

Citation

Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies, 2 pp.

Research Summary 29, How do natural resource rents affect budget coalitions? A comparative study of three Andean states.

Published 1 January 2008
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