oil wealth
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoilandwealth
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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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wealth
noun
uk/welθ/us/welθ/
a large amount of money or valuable possessions that ...
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(Definition ofoilandwealthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofoil wealth
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Many studies have noted that exceptionaloilwealthappears to make states less democratic.
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Oilwealthfacilitated political centralisation and federal investment in national cultural unity.
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The point is thatoilwealthhas contributed to the viability of authoritarianism, not of democracy.
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The country'soilwealthhas done little to aid national unity or to promote economic growth.
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However, their rule has been lubricated byoilwealth.
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It is argued thatoilwealthplayed a minor role in this transition.
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Both communities found themselves on the outside when it came to state services and the largesse generated by greatoilwealth.
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Centred on the mobilisation ofoilwealthby international borrowing against future revenues, this strategy influenced other sectors, including fisheries.
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Although some benefited and profited from massiveoilwealth, many-particularly minorities and those on the margins of power-seemed to have been intentionally left behind.
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It touches on the distribution ofoilwealth, and is seen as vital to the autonomous development of the region.
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The plateau ofoilwealthwill be steady, but it will not continue.
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Theoilwealthwas mined, and deep-mined at that.
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The fact is that we used ouroilwealthto finance our mass unemployment.
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It is by far the major source of ouroilwealth.
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Perhaps, once theoilwealthstarts to flow within a few years there will be a viable economy in that part of the world.
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That is all despite ouroilwealth.
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I hope that the country's cultural variety can become as important an asset as itsoilwealthand other natural resources.
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It seems that a situation which could have been prepared for, bearing in mind our dependence upon ouroilwealth, was not prepared for.
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Ouroilwealthwould have allowed us to do that by ending the balance of payments constraints which had checked every previous attempt at expansion.
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We must guarantee that its massiveoilwealthbe used to build prosperity for its peoples, not for arms purchases.
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