Escaping the resource curse / 
edited by Macartan Humphreys, Jeffr ey D. Sachs, and Joseph E. Stiglitz ; foreword by George Soros. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,   c2007. 
 - xviii, 408 p. :  ill. ;   24 cm. 
 - Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>What is the role of the state? / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- How to evalua te the fiscal terms of oil contracts / David Johnston -- How to negotia te an oil agreement / Jenik Radon -- How best to auction oil rights / P eter Cramton -- Are oil producers rich? / Geoffrey Heal -- How to handl e the macroeconomics of oil wealth / Jeffrey D. Sachs -- The political econony of natural resource funds / Macartan Humphreys and Martin E. Sa ndbu -- How mineral rich states can reduce inequality / Michael L. Ross -- Ensuring fairness : the case for a transparent fiscal social contra ct / Terry Lynn Karl -- Critical issues for a revenue management law / Joseph C. Bell and Teresa Maurea Faria -- Future directions for the man agement of natural resources / Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, an d Joseph E. Stiglitz. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231141963 (clothbound : alk. paper) 0231141963 (clothbound : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade-- Government policy--Developing coun tries.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade-- Planning.--Developing countries<br/>Economic development projects-- Evaluation.--Developing countries<br/>Resource curse.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.8/232