The countries of the Global South, especially African countries, suffer from extreme poverty, high unemployment, and poor health services...etc., while they possess mineral resources that can be invested to develop the country, but reality indicates otherwise. Who is responsible for this backwardness.....
Countries that are rich in mineral resources are often faced with conflict, which makes it difficult to protect communities and the environment thereby hinder economic growth.
Take a look at the extensive literature on the Dutch Disease problem!
I recommend you to read resource curse literature. In Resource-rich countries with weak institutional quality (many mineral resource rich countries) tend to suffer from rent-seeking behavior of governments, inefficient allocation of mineral resource rents.
Conference Paper Sociology a la Comte?
Please find my thoughts on your Ali Saadi Abdulzahra Jubeir query here.
I support the responses of Chuck A Arize Hans-Georg Petersen Young Kyu Hwang
Dear Doctor
"The term resource curse refers to a paradoxical situation in which a country underperforms economically, despite being home to valuable natural resources. A resource curse is generally caused by too much of the country’s capital and labor force concentrated in just a few resource-dependent industries. By failing to make adequate investments in other sectors, countries can become vulnerable to declines in commodity prices, leading to long-run economic underperformance."