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Title Angola: options for prosperity..
Full text http://economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk/13644/1/PaulCollierKeynotePresentationAngola.pdf
Author(s) Collier, Paul
Abstract It is now thirty years since the liberation of Angola from colonialism. For nearly all of that time the economy was held back by rebellion. It is not possible to develop in conditions of civil war. At last the society is free of this burden. Times are propitious. Not only is Angola at last post-conflict, it has a new oil bonanza. Where will Angola be in another thirty years? What will the society look like in 2036? The best way to answer this question is to look at other societies that have faced this combination. The most useful investment the government of Angola can make is to purchase the entire cabinet two sets of airline tickets: one to Nigeria, the other to Malaysia. See where they are now, and then realize that thirty years ago they were where you are now.
Type of publication preprint
Identifier RePEc:ner:oxford:http://economics.ouls.ox.ac.uk/13644/
Repository RePEc - Research Papers in Economics
Added to C-A: 2010-04-22;10:45:54