Brenda Shaffer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. She is the author of many books, including Energy Politics, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Taleh Ziyadov is Research Fellow at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan.

• Introduction-Brenda ShafferPART I. ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF ENERGY EXPORTERS1. The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey-Jeffrey Frankel2. Sometimes the Grass Is Indeed Greener: The Successful Use of Energy Revenues-Patrick Clawson3. Is There a Policy Learning Curve? Trinidad and Tobago and the 2004- 8 Hydrocarbon Boom-Richard M. Auty4. The Illusion of Unlimited Supply: Iran and Energy Subsidies-Ahmad Mojtahed5. Challenges Facing Central Banks in Oil- Exporting Countries: The Case of Azerbaijan-Elkin Nurmammadov6. Power to the Producers: The Challenges of Electricity Provision in Major Energy-Exporting States-Theresa Sabonis-HelfPART II. ENERGY EXPORTS, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS7. The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State- Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia-Murad Ismayilov8. Education Reform in Energy- Exporting States: The Post- Soviet Experience in Comparative Perspective-Regine A. Spector9. Is Norway Really Norway?-Ole Andreas Engen, Oluf Langhelle, and Reidar BratvoldPART III. ENERGY EXPORTERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM10. Energy Exporters and the International Energy Agency-Richard Jones11. Resource Nationalism and Oil Development: Profit or Peril?-Amy M. Jaffe12. Natural Resources, Domestic Instability, and International Conflicts-Elnur Soltanov13. Petroleum, Governance, and Fragility: The Micro-Politics of Petroleum in Postconflict States-Naazneen H. BarmaConclusion: Constant Perils, Policy Responses, and Lessons to Be Learned-Taleh ZiyadovNotesContributorsIndex

"Beyond the Resource Curse foursquarely addresses the question of what resources can do-or not do-for a country. The novelty of the data-the contributors treat a broad array of cases that are seldom thought about-along with the freshness of the analysis and the eclectic mix of topics and countries discussed, makes this a truly refreshing volume." (Svante Cornell, Johns Hopkins University)

Brenda Shaffer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. She is the author of many books, including Energy Politics, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Taleh Ziyadov is Research Fellow at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan.

• Introduction-Brenda ShafferPART I. ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF ENERGY EXPORTERS1. The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey-Jeffrey Frankel2. Sometimes the Grass Is Indeed Greener: The Successful Use of Energy Revenues-Patrick Clawson3. Is There a Policy Learning Curve? Trinidad and Tobago and the 2004- 8 Hydrocarbon Boom-Richard M. Auty4. The Illusion of Unlimited Supply: Iran and Energy Subsidies-Ahmad Mojtahed5. Challenges Facing Central Banks in Oil- Exporting Countries: The Case of Azerbaijan-Elkin Nurmammadov6. Power to the Producers: The Challenges of Electricity Provision in Major Energy-Exporting States-Theresa Sabonis-HelfPART II. ENERGY EXPORTS, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS7. The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State- Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia-Murad Ismayilov8. Education Reform in Energy- Exporting States: The Post- Soviet Experience in Comparative Perspective-Regine A. Spector9. Is Norway Really Norway?-Ole Andreas Engen, Oluf Langhelle, and Reidar BratvoldPART III. ENERGY EXPORTERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM10. Energy Exporters and the International Energy Agency-Richard Jones11. Resource Nationalism and Oil Development: Profit or Peril?-Amy M. Jaffe12. Natural Resources, Domestic Instability, and International Conflicts-Elnur Soltanov13. Petroleum, Governance, and Fragility: The Micro-Politics of Petroleum in Postconflict States-Naazneen H. BarmaConclusion: Constant Perils, Policy Responses, and Lessons to Be Learned-Taleh ZiyadovNotesContributorsIndex

"Beyond the Resource Curse foursquarely addresses the question of what resources can do-or not do-for a country. The novelty of the data-the contributors treat a broad array of cases that are seldom thought about-along with the freshness of the analysis and the eclectic mix of topics and countries discussed, makes this a truly refreshing volume." (Svante Cornell, Johns Hopkins University)

Brenda Shaffer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. She is the author of many books, including Energy Politics, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Taleh Ziyadov is Research Fellow at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy in Baku, Azerbaijan.

• Introduction-Brenda ShafferPART I. ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURES OF ENERGY EXPORTERS1. The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey-Jeffrey Frankel2. Sometimes the Grass Is Indeed Greener: The Successful Use of Energy Revenues-Patrick Clawson3. Is There a Policy Learning Curve? Trinidad and Tobago and the 2004- 8 Hydrocarbon Boom-Richard M. Auty4. The Illusion of Unlimited Supply: Iran and Energy Subsidies-Ahmad Mojtahed5. Challenges Facing Central Banks in Oil- Exporting Countries: The Case of Azerbaijan-Elkin Nurmammadov6. Power to the Producers: The Challenges of Electricity Provision in Major Energy-Exporting States-Theresa Sabonis-HelfPART II. ENERGY EXPORTS, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS7. The Impact of Energy Resources on Nation- and State- Building: The Contrasting Cases of Azerbaijan and Georgia-Murad Ismayilov8. Education Reform in Energy- Exporting States: The Post- Soviet Experience in Comparative Perspective-Regine A. Spector9. Is Norway Really Norway?-Ole Andreas Engen, Oluf Langhelle, and Reidar BratvoldPART III. ENERGY EXPORTERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM10. Energy Exporters and the International Energy Agency-Richard Jones11. Resource Nationalism and Oil Development: Profit or Peril?-Amy M. Jaffe12. Natural Resources, Domestic Instability, and International Conflicts-Elnur Soltanov13. Petroleum, Governance, and Fragility: The Micro-Politics of Petroleum in Postconflict States-Naazneen H. BarmaConclusion: Constant Perils, Policy Responses, and Lessons to Be Learned-Taleh ZiyadovNotesContributorsIndex

"Beyond the Resource Curse foursquarely addresses the question of what resources can do-or not do-for a country. The novelty of the data-the contributors treat a broad array of cases that are seldom thought about-along with the freshness of the analysis and the eclectic mix of topics and countries discussed, makes this a truly refreshing volume." (Svante Cornell, Johns Hopkins University)