Figure 1.

An analytical framework for health systems in resource curse environments. The lower two thirds of the figure illustrate the proposed framework for health systems analysis, while elements indicated in the yellow box summarise current findings that characterise resource curse environments. The three core categories of official providers of health services open to local populations are depicted by large shaded grey circles. The realm of transnational oil companies is indicated in red features. Grey double arrows show reciprocal partnerships or contractual relations (see details in the corresponding section of the main text). The main functions classically falling under the responsibility of governmental health agencies are represented by green boxes. Unless specified by captions, plausible influences indicated by thin black arrows represent adverse effects.