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Guest column: Good decisions help avoid ‘resource curse’

By Paul Collier and Tony Venables

Published: March 29 2010 00:32 | Last updated: March 29 2010 00:32

The prospect of continuing high commodity prices is stimulating investment in resource discovery and development.

Most of the locations that remain promising for exploration are in the world’s poorest countries. Until recently, they were neglected because the political context was judged to be too risky.

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