The Applicability of Resource Curse Theories and Explanations in Modern Day Sub-Saharan Africa
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Despite a large body of literature covering the resource curse as well as its potential remedies, many Sub-Saharan African countries are still struggling from its effects. This paper aims to identify the applicability of the existing resource curse theories and explanations in modern Sub-Saharan African countries. The main findings show that, the resource curse literature based on economic and political approaches both have deficiencies in identifying the resource curse effects across the continent. These deficiencies derive from two major generalizations: 1) Generalizing the resource curse as a single large body rather than a problem which consists of different development challenges, 2) Viewing Sub-Saharan African countries as ‘poor, corrupt and underdeveloped continent’. These generalization contribute to a misguided path regarding the resource curse studies especially in relation to the African continent. Therefore, the most urgent task is to stop viewing the resource curse a large single body, by de-generalizing the curse into different development challenges ‘linked’ to natural resources for ‘individual African country’, thus halting the generalization of African countries as Africa.
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Despite a large body of literature covering the resource curse as well as its potential remedies, many Sub-Saharan African countries are still struggling from its effects. This paper aims to identify the applicability of the existing resource curse theories and explanations in modern Sub-Saharan African countries. The main findings show that, the resource curse literature based on economic and political approaches both have deficiencies in identifying the resource curse effects across the continent. These deficiencies derive from two major generalizations: 1) Generalizing the resource curse as a single large body rather than a problem which consists of different development challenges, 2) Viewing Sub-Saharan African countries as ‘poor, corrupt and underdeveloped continent’. These generalization contribute to a misguided path regarding the resource curse studies especially in relation to the African continent. Therefore, the most urgent task is to stop viewing the resource curse a large single body, by de-generalizing the curse into different development challenges ‘linked’ to natural resources for ‘individual African country’, thus halting the generalization of African countries as Africa.
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