Lifting the Resource Curse
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The 'resource curse\\u2019,\\xa0 or "Dutch disease\\u201c, describes when countries rich in natural resources face reduced domestic growth rates in other sectors due an influx of foreign currency or investment, mixed with market volatility.
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The Tao of Finance initiative from the World Academy of Arts and Sciences examines the link between this \\u2018disease\\u2019 and the 17 UN-Sustainability Development Goals, and identifies an\\xa0 upgraded monetary system to make the resource curse history.
Read more about the Tao of Finance at the WAAS website, or read the books \\u2018Financing Our Future' and 'Financing our Anthropocene'