Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2008, 42 p. The authors would like to thank all the participants of the Resource Depletion, Dependence and Development project for their valuable contributions to the study. In particular, they thank researchers Daniela Schmidt and Elisa
Cassinadri; the expert commentators, Prof. Richard Auty (Angola and Kazakhstan), Ramin Isayev (Azerbaijan), Tamara Lynch and Dr Gareth Price (Timor-Leste), Jon Marks (Algeria), Prof. Timothy Niblock (Saudi Arabia), Willy Olsen (Norway), Stan Rerri (Nigeria), Dr Umar Said (Indonesia) and DrMahani Zainal Abidin (Malaysia) whose working papers are forthcoming; Denny Ellerman, Dermot
Gately, Glada Lahn and Tormod Slåtsveen for their comments on the draft; and Margaret May as editor of the report. This project has been made possible by financial support from the Asian Development Bank, the Royal Norwegian Ministryof Petroleum and Energy and BP, none
of whom bears responsibility for the analysis and opinions expressed in thereport.
