Monday, 20 June 2022

Dutch disease

Dutch Disease in economics refers to a phenomenon wherein a country witnesses uneven growth across sectors due to the discovery of natural resources. e.g. vast oil reserves.

  • In the 1960s, the Netherlands discovered gas reserves in the North Sea.
  • ‘Dutch disease’ was first coined by The Economist in 1977 to describe the decline of the manufacturing industry in the Netherlands.
  • Dutch disease is a “purely domestic phenomenon” which cannot be “exported.”

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