How natural resources effect the econmy

These articles will give you some interesting ideas:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Natural+resources+effect+on+economy&spell=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_curse

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0586-e.htm

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:enZCUWdiC6YJ:www.ids.ac.uk/gdr/cfs/drc-pubs/summaries/summary%252021-Rosser-ResourceCurse.pdf+Natural+resources+effect+on+economy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&ie=UTF-8