oil boom
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoilandboom
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oil
noun
uk/ɔɪl/us/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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boom
noun
uk/buːm/us/buːm/
a deep and loud ...
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(Definition ofoilandboomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoil boom
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During theoilboom, high international coffee and cocoa prices and more favorable producer price policies encouraged forest clearing to plant coffee and cocoa.
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The mukhabarat state, with its military and police apparatuses, has been made possible by theoilboom.
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It was theoilboomof the 1980s which pushed them to 7 per cent over the average.
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In spite of these investments, the cocoa industry stagnated during theoilboomyears.
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Moreover, theoilboomaccelerated rural to urban migration by stimulating the urban economy.
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Theoilboomstimulated construction, and this generated greater domestic demand for timber.
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The rural-urban migration impelled farmers to devise new relations of production to confront the devastating currents of change created by theoilboom.
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In spite of the substantial amounts spent on cocoa rehabilitation during theoilboomyears, cocoa production stagnated.
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In spite of the huge sums the government spent on cocoa rehabilitation, cocoa production actually declined in theoilboomyears.
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This process was accentuated by theoilboomin the mid 1970s.
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They saw their cocoa farms as the springboard for transporting their children into the more prosperous world of theoilboom.
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After 1963 and until theoilboom, however, the growth of the budget implied growth of existing institutions rather than creation of new ones.
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This changed during theoilboom(1977-85).
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In the twentieth century all roads lead to theoilboomwhether the author is interested in population, wages, the economy or housing.
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As we have noted,oilboomcountries tend to have a high level of urbanization, which in turn tends to reduce rural population pressure on forests.
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The only exception remained the military's link with petroleum, which throughout remained a critical source of funding for the military's projects in theoilboomof the 1970s and 1980s.
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I argue that the failure of these projects and the inadequate subsidies given to farmers explain, in large measure, the stagnation of the cocoa industry in theoilboomperiod.
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We are told that there will be anoilboomin my constituency, but the fact is that local people cannot afford to buy houses.
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We must make further effort to benefit to the full from theoilboom.
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The probability is that in the next few years they will be forced back to the basic economy which they had before theoilboom.
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