声明
ABSTRACT
摘要
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABBRIVIATIONS
1.INTRODUCTION
1.1 Objective
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Significance/Rationale of the Research
1.4 Organization of the Paper
1.5 Methodology
2.Literature
2.1 Resourse Curse Theory
2.2 Dependency Theory
2.3 Rentier State and Resource Curse Theories:Basic Approaches and New Trends
2.2.1 Empirical Literature
2.2.2 The Natural Resources Curse Argument
2.2.3 Beating the Resource Curse in Africa:A Global Effort
2.2.4 Natural resource and Poverty
3.Overview of Sierra Leone economy
3.1 Structural transformafion and natural resources
3.2 The Extractive industry in Sierra Leone
3.3 Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
3.4 Policy and Legal Framework in the Extractive Industry in Sierra Leone
3.5 Impact of extractive industries on economic,environmental and social development
3.6 Economic growth and poverty
4.Diagnostic Tests
4.1 Test For Stationarity
4.2.Co-Integration Test
4.3 Test for functional form misspecification
4.4 Test for Heteroskedasticity
4.5 Robust Regression Output
4.6 Result Discussion
5.Conclusion
5.1 Implication for Poverty Reduction
5.2 Policy Recommendations
APENDIXES
REFERENCES
Acknowledgement