Titlebook: Risk and the Political Economy of Resource Development; David W. Pearce,Horst Siebert,Ingo Walter Book 1984 David W. Pearce, Horst Siebert

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Introduction and Overviewature of ‘megaprojects’ in the field of natural-resource exploitation: what kinds of risks are associated with them, who bears the risks, whether the problems have increased or decreased in recent years, how to control the conflicts inherent in such projects, and what the roles of financing agencies

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The Economics of Natural Resources Venturese new technological approaches to mining, drilling, transportation, upgrading and final stages of production. In quite a few cases, the new technological approaches occur in the form of discrete, large-scale projects. Large-scale resource ventures are characterised by large sums of investment and hi

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The Management of Conflict in Natural-resource Projectsical and social environment of such projects and their special characteristics, both national and international. Even after a commitment has been made by both sides to embark on a resource project, serious conflicts may arise among the parties that may endanger the successful operation of the projec

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Risk and the Rate of Return on Arctic Natural Gas: An Illustrative Analysisthey are located. Once embarked upon, they are not easy to curtail or abandon, acquiring a momentum of their own and the support of what become vested interests. The potential for dislocation associated with megaprojects accentuates the need for careful evaluation of their sensitivity to changes in

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The Nationalisation of Oil Production, 1918–80ignificant expropriations over the next fifty years. Eight of these were nationalisations of operating companies by developing countries, the focus of this chapter. The eight, however, accounted for only 21 per cent of 1970 ‘international’ (non-socialist bloc, non-North American) oil production. If

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Investment in Oil Exploration and Production: The Comparative Influence of Taxation973–4 and later in 1979–80 focused their attention on the large profits that could be made from this activity. Rates of taxation have now reached extremely high levels. In several countries oil companies have complained that the burden has become excessive and is impairing exploration and developmen