How Did Africa's Prospective Petroleum Producers Fall Victim to the Presource Curse?

This paper reviews resource sector developments in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that made their first (major) petroleum discoveries during the most recent commodity boom. The analysis, which goes back to 2001, looks at sector forecasts of int...

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Main Authors: Mihalyi, David, Scurfield, Thomas
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274381599578080257/How-Did-Africa-39-s-Prospective-Petroleum-Producers-Fall-Victim-to-the-Presource-Curse
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34470