Primary Commodity Dependency: A Limiting Factor for Achieving Democracy

Abstract

Primary commodity dependency is one of the greatest challenges for democratic transitions; reliance on a limited number of agricultural crops or mineral as exports for generating state revenue limits economic development and resiliency necessary to sustain a democracy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2010
Accession Number
ADA600254

Entities

People

  • James S. Pryor

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Democracy
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Natural Resources
  • New York
  • Petroleum
  • Political Science
  • Political Systems
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Social Sciences
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Industrial Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design