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Natural resource revenues have also been linked to slow economic growth rates, inequality, and poverty. One culprit may be the so-called “Dutch disease,” whereby resource revenues raise a country’s exchange rate, hurting competitiveness in non-resource sectors.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/why-natural-resources-are-a-curse-on-developing-countries-and-how-to-fix-it/256508/