Oil Revenue Assignments: Country Experiences and Issues

Mottu, Eric; Ahmad, Ehtisham

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“…Oil dependency in Yemen and selected Gulf Co-operation Council countries(average 1997-2000. Data: IMF (2012, World Bank (2015),Mottu and Ahmad (2002).…”

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Resource curse contagion in the case of Yemen

Ansari

2016

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“…Oil dependency in Yemen and selected Gulf Co-operation Council countries(average 1997-2000. Data: IMF (2012, World Bank (2015),Mottu and Ahmad (2002).…”

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“…Eric Mottu and Ahmad (2002) describe three different management systems for distributing oil revenues: Centralization, assigning revenues to sub-national jurisdictions, and sharing revenues with resource producing regions. They advocate centralization of oil revenues, but which assign some control over tax rates to subnational levels and some transfers to provide stable levels of financing (Mottu & Ahmad, 2002). Otto summarizes the use of taxes for decentralisation of revenues which allows different level of government to collect different taxes.…”

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“…May receive indirect transfers-through the national budgeting process-that reflect preferential treatment for producing regions. Small unitary states such as the Gulf Cooperation Council follow this model (Mottu & Ahmad, 2002).…”

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An inquiry into the economic commonwealth of mineral resources: does ownership matter?

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The purpose of this thesis is to inquire into the nature of minerals as a common property resource, to inform the debate about the resource curse. The study considers if communal, or decentralised ownership results in better development and societal outcomes than other forms of ownership. There are four parts, including a historiography of mineral laws going back to Roman Law and up to the present day to find precedent for communal title to minerals in historical law, common law, civil law, or international customary law. The second part involved an analysis of domestic mineral laws in 199 countries to determine the ownership regime for minerals in every country. This resulted in classifying seven different categories of ownership: No minerals, President or Ruler, State or Crown, Communal (People/Common/Collective), "Customary" Landowners, Decentralized/Mixed, and Claimant/Ownerless/Landowner. This analysis found that communal ownership of minerals essentially does not exist at the national level, except in legal rhetoric. The study then focused on the impact of mineral ownership in general on the Human Development Index (HDI). The third part involved a statistical analysis to determine the impact of mineral ownership on the UN Human Development Index (HDI), a broader measure of welfare than GDP. This was conducted in two stages. In stage one, the six categories of mineral ownership were divided into two types: centralized and decentralized ownership. A simple comparison of the means determined that decentralized ownership had better outcomes as measured by the HDI without controlling for other factors. The second stage of analysis consisted of a multiple regression analysis in order to determine the effect of mineral ownership while controlling for other factors that could be identified. The fourth part of the thesis consisted of a case study of communal ownership of mineral-rich lands by the Royal Bafokeng Nation of South Africa. The benefits of mineral ownership to the Bafokeng administration was analysed. A survey was also conducted of 493 area residents to determine their level of satisfaction with services provided by funds from mineral ownership. The main finding is that communal ownership per se could not be identified as the primary beneficial factor in human development outcomes. However, the evidence is that decentralized ownership using the principle of subsidiarity did support better outcomes as measured by the HDI, and could contribute to mitigation of the resource curse. The case study also supported this finding as communal mineral ownership at the local level resulted in much better facilities, benefits, education, and health outcomes than for South Africa as a whole. Declaration by author This thesis is composed of my original work, and contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference has been made in the text. I have clearly stated the contribution by others to jointly-authored works that I have included in my thesis. I have clearly stated the co...

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Oil revenues, public procurement and armed conflict: A case study of a subnational government in Colombia

Rodríguez

2020

The Extractive Industries and Society

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Oil Revenue Assignments: Country Experiences and Issues

Abstract: The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those ofthe IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate.

Cited by 13 publications

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Resource curse contagion in the case of Yemen

Resource curse contagion in the case of Yemen

An inquiry into the economic commonwealth of mineral resources: does ownership matter?

Oil revenues, public procurement and armed conflict: A case study of a subnational government in Colombia

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