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Euan Mearns on July 1, 2008 - 8:37am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Luis - Luanda looks a beautiful city - but I'm sure things are a little different on the ground.

Hopefully Oil will be just the trigger of a golden era in a country that possesses other important natural resources.

We can but hope, but realistically given this country's and this continent's historic record the prospects cannot be that good. Its hard to find countries where oil wealth has translated to real wealth - Canada, Norway, Kuwait and UAE? And they're all characterised by low population.

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Luis de Sousa on July 1, 2008 - 10:16am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Who knows? Angola is a special case, the population is not that big, and shouldn't get imense like in Nigeria. Resources are plentifull as so is arable land, Oil could just be the kick starter.

They need to build some sort of welfare state, that's the hardest part.

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