| ID | 095085 |
| Title Proper | Defying the resource curse |
| Other Title Information | explaining successful state-owned enterprises in rentier states |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hertog, Steffen |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The article explains how several Gulf rentier monarchies have managed to create highly profitable and well-managed state-owned enterprises (SOEs), confounding expectations of both general soe inefficiency and the particularly poor quality of rentier public sectors. It argues that a combination of two factors explains the outcome: the absence of a populist-mobilizational history and substantive regime autonomy in economic policy-making. The authors concludes that it is necessary to rethink the commonly accepted generalizations both about rentier states and, arguably, about public sectors in the developing world. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Politics Vol. 62, No. 2; Apr 2010: p.261-301 |
| Journal Source | World Politics Vol. 62, No. 2; Apr 2010: p.261-301 |
| Key Words | Resource Curse ; Economic Policy - Making ; Developing World ; Generalizations ; Rentier States |