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Marcel Biewendt, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3410-7995 PhD Candidate in Management Organisational Sciences, Kaposvar University, Hungary; Member of Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer of IDA Institute at University of Applied Science Aachen, Germany
Pages: 119-131
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21272/sec.4(4).119-131.2020
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Abstract
This paper uses a quantitative analysis to examine the interdependence and impact of resource rents on socio-economic development from 2002 to 2017. Nigeria and Norway have been chosen as reference countries due to their abundance of natural resources by similar economic performance, while the ranking in the Human Development Index differs dramatically. As the Human Development Index provides insight into a country’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics and development in addition to economic indicators, it allows a comparison of the two countries. The hypothesis presented and discussed in this paper was researched before. A qualitative research approach was used in the author’s master’s thesis “The Human Development Index (HDI) as a Reflection of Resource Abundance (using Nigeria and Norway as a case study)” in 2018. The management of scarce resources is an important aspect in the development of modern countries and those on the threshold of becoming industrialised nations. The effects of a mistaken resource management are not only of a purely economic nature but also of a social and socio-economic nature. In order to present a partial aspect of these dependencies and influences this paper uses a quantitative analysis to examine the interdependence and impact of resource rents on socio-economic development from 2002 to 2017. Nigeria and Norway have been chosen as reference countries due to their abundance of natural resources by similar economic performance, while the ranking in the Human Development Index differs significantly. As the Human Development Index provides insight into a country’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics and development in addition to economic indicators, it allows a comparison of the two countries. This paper found out in a holistic perspective that (not or poorly managed) resource wealth in itself has a negative impact on socio-economic development and significantly reduces the productivity of the citizens of a state. This is expressed in particular for the years 2002 till 2017 in a negative correlation of GDP per capita and HDI value with the share respectively the size of resources in the GDP of a country.
Keywords: Human Development Index, sustainability, resource abundance, socio-economic welfare.
JEL Classification: O13.
Cite as: Biewendt, M. (2020). Sustainable Development: A Quantitative Analysis Regarding the Impact of Resource Rents on State Welfare from 2002 to 2017
. SocioEconomic Challenges, 4(4), 119-131. https://doi.org/10.21272/sec.4(4).119-131.2020
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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