"This book is based on a high-level seminar that took place in Algiers on November 4th and 5th, 2010, under the title Natural Resources, Finance, and Development: Confronting Old and New Challenges. The seminar, organized by the Central Bank of Algeria and the IMF Institute ..."--P. 1.

Overview / Leslie Lipschitz -- Commodity markets and the macroeconomy -- Natural resource endowment : a mixed blessing? / Thorvaldur Gylfason -- Primary commodities : historical perspectives and prospects / Marian Radetzki -- Economic diversification and the role of finance -- Economic diversification in resource-rich countries / Alan Gelb -- Finance and oil : is there a resource curse? / Thorsten Beck -- The economics of sovereign wealth funds : lessons from Norway / Thomas Ekeli and Amadou N.R. Sy -- Fiscal policy -- Primary commodity price series : lessons for policymakers in resource-rich countries / Kaddour Hadri -- Sustainable fiscal policy for mineral-base economies / Kirk Hamilton and Eduardo Ley -- Fiscal policy in commodity-exporting countries : stability and growth / Rabah Arezki -- Exchange rates and financial stability -- How can commodity exporters make fiscal and monetary policy less procyclical? / Jeffrey Frankel -- Natural resources management and financial stability : evidence from Algeria / Mohammed Laksaci -- Copper, the real exchange rate and macroeconomic fluctuations in Chile / José de Gregorio and Felipe Labbé -- Governance and institutional aspects -- The political economy of reform in resource-rich countries / Ragnar Torvik -- Terms of trade and growth of resource economies : contrasting evidence from two African countries / Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Anthony Owusu Gyapong.