Resource-based economy

A resource-based economy or natural-resource-based economy is the economy of a country whose gross national product or gross domestic product to a large extent comes from natural resources.^[1]

Suriname

Suriname's exports of bauxite account for more than 15% of GDP and 70% of export earnings.^[2]

Russia

Of Russian exports, more than 80% are oil, natural gas, metals and timber.^[3] Since Russia has a resource based economy, it depends most of all on the fluctuations of oil and gas demand and prices.^[4]

Norway

Norway's export of oil and gas forms 45% of total exports and more than 20% of the GDP.^[5]

Australia

Australia developed aspects of a resource-based economy in the later twentieth century, while retaining a foundation in agricultural exports, and latterly minerals.^[6][7]

References

1. Twaddell, Hannah (2007). Best practices to enhance the transportation-land use connection in the rural United States. Retrieved 2012-03-13. p.26
2. CIA - World Factbook Suriname
3. Ellman, Michael (2006). Russia's oil and natural gas: bonanza or curse?. Retrieved 2012-03-13. p.191
4. Nesvetailova, Anastasia. "Why farmers in Belarus will profit under Putin’s sanctions". The Conversation. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
5. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Norway 2011. 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-13. p.60
6. http://lockthegate.org.au/documents/doc-301-minerals-boom---australia-s-resources-curse.pdf retrieval June-1-2012
7. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08941929209380790 retrieve June-1-2012

Bibliography

• Barry C.Field (2000), Natural Resource Economics, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-231677-2.
• Thomas H. Tietenberg (1988), Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Scott-Foresman. ISBN 0-673-18945-7.
• Philip A. Neher (1990), Natural Resource Economics: Conservation and Exploitation, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-31174-8.
• Steven C. Hackett (2001), Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy, and the Sustainable Society, M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-0682-8.
• Erhun Kula (1992), Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment, Springer. ISBN 0-412-36330-5.
• Juan C. Suris Regueiro, Manuel M. Varela Lafuente (1995), Introducción a la economía de los recursos naturales, Civitas. ISBN 84-470-0613-1.
• Pere Riera (2005), Manual de economía ambiental y de los recursos naturales, Thomson. ISBN 84-9732-369-6.
• Carlos Romero (1994), Economía de los recursos ambientales y naturales, Alianza Editorial. ISBN 84-206-6811-7.
• Alan Randall, Ricardo Calvet Perez (1985), Economía de los recursos naturales y política ambiental, Limusa. ISBN 968-18-1727-3.
• Roxana Barrantes (1997), Hacia un nuevo dorado: Economía de los recursos naturales, Consorcio de Investigación Económica. ISBN 9972-670-00-7.

External links

• "How to Sustain Growth in a Resource Based Economy? The Main Concepts and their Application to the Russian Case" (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)