Managing Oil Wealth in Africa

Author:
International Monetary Fund
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Publication Date:
2 October 2012
Tags:
Africa, Petroleum

Despite their oil wealth, the countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community still struggle with the “Resource Curse”. Sharmini Coorey, Director of the IMF’s Institute of Capacity Development describe the challenges of managing oil wealth in the region, and outline policies that could help overcome them.

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