Syed Mansoob Murshed is Professor of the Economics of Peace and Conflict at the International Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University in the Netherlands and Professor of Economics at Coventry University in the UK.
Mansoob Murshed's book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive, yet concise, critical review of research into the resource curse. It meticulously explains the often conflicting findings produced by the surge in statistical analysis since the 1990s and argues for embracing additional more flexible approaches such as comparative case studies. -- Richard Auty, Lancaster University