num_pages: 288
description: Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce over a billion dollars worth of oil, yet this rising tide of money is not promoting stability or development but instead is causing violence, poverty and stagnation. 'Poisoned Wells' exposes the root causes of this paradox of poverty from plenty.
language: English
title: Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil
titlecomplete: Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil
genres: Economics, Africa, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 134
publisher: Palgrave MacMillan