Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Beyond the Resource Curse -- 2 The Political Economy of the Natural Resource Paradox -- 3 Extracting Resource Wealth: The Political Economy of Sector Organization -- 4 Taxing Resource Wealth: The Political Economy of Fiscal Regimes -- 5 Investing Resource Wealth: The Political Economy of Public Infrastructure Provision -- 6 Conclusion: Collaborative Engagement to Address the Resource Paradox -- Appendix: Resource-Dependent Countries-Basic Economic and Institutional Characteristics of Extractive Industry (EI) -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.