Sustainability has become a very prominent element in the day-to-day debate on urban policy and the expression of that policy in urban planning decisions. The heritage of this interest lies in the steady evolution of ideas concerning the environmental and ecological impact of economic development. Beginning perhaps with the work of the Club of Rome but accelerating sharply with the insights of ...

The Center supports analytic studies, policy relevant research, training and outreach activities to assist developing countries in the design and implementation of policies to foster growth, democracy, and the rule of law. Professor Karl has published widely on comparative politics and international relations, with special emphasis on the politics of oil-exporting countries, transitions to demo...

1995 was the most active year in recent history at the test site. Although the initial year of 1983 saw more work, we were still basking in the glow of the modern "oil boom"; the downsizing crash was ahead of us. In 1983, working around the clock, we recorded 13 VSPs, a suite of logs, a reverse VSP, borehole gravity survey, and a 3-D survey in two months of field time. In 1995, a single, four-m...

This paper suggests an alternative explanation for why resource-rich economies have lower growth rates: because they are likely to be living beyond their means. It is shown that overshooting the steady state's equilibrium consumption and investment can be optimal in a Ramsey growth model with natural resources. Therefore the economy will converge to its steady state from above, displaying negat...

We investigate how the dynamic e¤ects of oil supply shocks on the US economy have changed over time. We …rst document a remarkable structural change in the oil market itself, i.e. a considerably steeper, hence, less elastic oil demand curve since the mid-eighties. Accordingly, a typical oil supply shock is currently characterized by a much smaller impact on world oil production and a greater e¤...

the energy boom of the last decade has led to rapidly increasing wealth in the middle east, particularly in the oil and gas-rich gulf cooperation council (gcc) countries. this exceptional growth in prosperity has brought with it rapid changes in lifestyles that have resulted in a significant rise in chronic disease. in particular the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased dramat...

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a bone malignancy that affects children and adolescents. It is a highly aggressive tumor and typically metastasizes to lungs. Despite aggressive chemotherapy and surgical treatments, the current 5 year survival rate is 60-70%. Clinically relevant models are needed to understand OS pathobiology, metastatic progression from bones to lungs, and ultimately, to develop more effi...

In the wake of the commodity boom, “new development strategies” in Latin America are centering on the industrialization of natural resources, thereby questioning the “resource curse” thesis and linking the economic performance of this activity with the institutional framework. In this context, the aim of this paper focusing on the Brazilian oil sector is to analyze the implementation of a resou...