Media & Press

Presentation at the FERDI international conference on the scramble for critical minerals, examining macroeconomic implications for developing country producers.

Nature covered research on natural resource extraction, environmental governance, and development outcomes — part of coverage of Jim Cust's research on oil drilling and tropical deforestation, and the macroeconomics of critical minerals.

Reuters reported on the World Bank's Africa's Resource Future study, co-edited by Cust, examining how Africa's mineral and fossil-fuel wealth could shape the global energy transition and what policy choices could maximise revenues and minimise fiscal risk.

The Economist examined research on over-optimistic IMF and World Bank growth forecasts for resource-rich developing countries, drawing on Cust and Mihalyi's work on the presource curse and expectation booms following oil discoveries.

The Economist covered research by Cust and Mihalyi on the presource curse, examining how Uganda is attempting to avoid the economic deterioration that often follows major oil discoveries — well before revenues arrive.

Blog post on the IMF's flagship platform explaining how the euphoria following major oil discoveries can lead countries into fiscal trouble before any production begins.

Interview discussing how countries can manage the economic risks that follow giant oil and gas discoveries, drawing on the presource curse research.

Article in the IMF's flagship magazine explaining the presource curse — how resource-rich countries often experience economic deterioration in the years between a giant oil discovery and the onset of production revenues.