Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54068 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2011/28
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
The current paper demonstrates a dichotomy of the growth response to changes in the barter terms of trade, employing as case studies the two African countries, Botswana and Nigeria.Using distributed-lag analysis, the paper finds that the effect of terms of trade on output is positive and negative for the two countries, respectively. I interpret these results as supportive of the 'resource curse' hypothesis for Nigeria, but not for Botswana.I further argue that the superior institutional quality in Botswana, relative to Nigeria, is likely responsible for the contrasting results. However, Nigeria appears to be making progress on institutional quality, especially in the last decade. Continuing such progress would be necessary if the country was to reverse course.
Subjects: 
resource economies
terms of trade
growth
JEL: 
O13
O43
O55
O57
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-391-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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