Preface.- Table of Contents.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Chapter 1:Overview.- Chapter 2: Literature Review.- Chapter
3: Transmission Channels of the ‘Resource Curse’ Reappraised.- Chapter 4: Lessons from Other Petroleum-‐Rich States.- Chapter
5: Importance and Development of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.- Chapter 6: Management of Oil and Gas Resources in
Iraqi-‐Kurdistan.- Chapter 7: General Conclusions and Discussion.- References.- Appendices.
Profressor Khazal Abdullah Auzer completed her undergraduate BSc Studies (1998) in Iran and graduated with a MA degree (2009) from Regensburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany. She gained her PhD (2016) at the University of Warwick in United Kingdom in the area of applied energy. Profressor Khazal has worked at interface between industrial and political economy. In her research, she focused on the political economy of oil and gas sector. For almost four years, she has studied the development and governance of energy sector.