Andersen, Allan Dahl

Johnson, Bjørn Harold

Kaplan, Dave

Kaplinsky, Raphael

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke

Marín, Anabel

Stubrin, Lilia

This report reflects research efforts within the global network of scholars, Globelics. Within this network there are of course different views on all controversial topics including the role of natural resources in economic development. This report builds on and summarizes available research on natural resource, innovation and development, and concludes that natural resources are, under proper management, more of a blessing than a curse for poor countries. Although the topic of natural resources and development is particularly contested, scholars within our network would share the view that development must build upon what is already there. Therefore they would also agree on the main policy implications as outlined in the report. Diversifying the economy and promoting competence building through domestic and international forward and backward linkages to the natural resource intensive sectors is what OECD and other international think-tanks refer to as Œno-regret policyIn this Globelics Thematic Review, the author team presents and discusses recent research on the relationships between natural resources, innovation and development, and suggests some implications of this body of knowledge for policy makers. The Review sets out to explore three interlinked questions with a particular focus on innovation and industry dynamics. First, to what extent is it currently possible for a country to develop on the basis of natural resources? Second, what are the main underlying mechanisms of resource intensive development paths? Third, how can such mechanisms be supported politically? The Globelics review considers a range of contemporary and historical studies and diverse theoretical positions concerning resource intensive development paths. The intention is to make it easier for analysts and policy makers to learn both from countries that in the past have succeeded in transforming their natural resource wealth into long-term development and from recent obstacles to resource intensive development encountered by some developing economies. The review furthermore considers whether a resource intensive development path is more or less environmentally sustainable than other forms of industrial specialization

Natural resources, innovation and development

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