CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Ustyantseva, Natalya Vladimirovna |
|---|---|
| Title | Preventing the Oil Curse: the Role of Government Policy in Kazakhstan |
| Summary | Kazakhstan, as a country with the oil-export-driven economy, has a danger of facing the oil curse. This thesis answers the question: What policy should the government of Kazakhstan choose in order to prevent the oil curse? Based on the literature analysis, this work constructs major symptoms of the resource curse and puts them into analytical framework for an observation of their presence in the process of the oil sector development in Kazakhstan. The thesis defines that Kazakhstan has an oil-dependent economy and is under the risk of the oil curse. Taking into account successful cases of beating the curse and current conditions of financial crisis, it provides policy recommendations for facilitation of the oil curse symptoms. |
| Supervisor | Lajos Bokros |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/ustyantseva_natalya.pdf |
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