Lifting the Oil Curse
Subtitle: Improving Petroleum Revenue Management in Sub-saharan Africa
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: January 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9781589063174
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - Trade & Tariffs; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Fiscal policy; Petroleum industry and trade
First sentence: Over the last decade, the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of western and southern Africa has become one of the most promising oil-exploration areas in the world.