Could Oil Overtake Agriculture as East Africa's Economic Giant?

Finding oil reserves comes with tremendous opportunities, including energy independence, the promise of revenue for cash-strapped public budgets to benefit health, education, infrastructure and agriculture, an agricultural economist at the World Bank has said.

 

Left: Farmers in a maize file. Right: Oil barrels

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