Open AccessDer Fluch von Öl und Gas
Author(s) -
Jörn Thielmann
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
prokla
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2700-0311
pISSN - 0342-8176
DOI - 10.32387/prokla.v34i135.631
Subject(s) - blessing , curse , bureaucracy , nobody , petroleum , fossil fuel , sustainable development , economics , economy , political science , engineering , chemistry , philosophy , waste management , politics , computer science , computer security , law , theology , organic chemistry
Oil and gas appear as a curse, not as a blessing for Algerian economy. Instead of helping to construct an independent national economy well prepared for the post-hydrocarbon period as intended by the leaders of independent Algeria, the hydrocarbon resources hindered a sustainable development. Instead, a military regime together with the bureaucracy, both accountable to nobody, appropriates the rent generated by the petroleum and the import sector.