Working paper
Oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria
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This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource-induced conflicts. It identifies two dimensions to oil-related civil conflict in the country. The first is the violent rent-seeking political violence that oil-availability generates between the various ethno-regional groups; the second is the Niger Delta crisis. The former is linked to excessive government dependence on oil revenues, an institutionally unstable revenue allocation sy...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Not peer reviewed
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- Series:
- CSAE working paper series
- Place of publication:
- http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/workingpapers/main-wps.html
- Publication date:
- 2007-01-01
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- Language:
- English
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- ora:2590
- Deposit date:
- 2009-02-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Oyefusi, A
- Copyright date:
- 2007
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