The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Natural resources for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
You are going to hear the introduction of a short talk on 'the resource curse'. What do you think it is? Listen and find out.
Answer
The resource curse is basically the phenomenon that in countries which are rich in resources, people are often less wealthy on average, and the economic development is slower than in countries with fewer resources.