Papers/Reports | June 2, 2003
Bottom of the Barrel
The new African oil boom—centered on the oil-rich Atlantic waters of the Gulf of Guinea, from Nigeria to Angola—is a moment of great opportunity and great peril for countries beset by wide-scale poverty.
CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Summary Recommendations
Africa's Oil Boom
The Paradox of the Plenty: The Record, The Challenge
Africa's Petro-States: Country Experiences and Regional Trends in the Gulf of Guinea
Addressing Africa's Paradox of Plenty
The Chad-Cameroon Oil Experiment: Rhetoric and Reality
Conclusion: Beyond the Paradox of Plenty?
Recommendations
Selected Bibliography