Ghana’s Oil Boom – Will it Fuel Conflict?
In a grim aside in the 2007 movie Blood Diamond, a villager in war-torn Sierra Leone remarks that “It’s a good thing we don&rsTags: Ghana, Natural Resources, Oil
View ArticleAre Tensions over Oil Transportation Threatening a Delicate Peace between the...
Negotiations between the two Sudans have stalled because of a seemingly intractable disagreement over pipeline charges. Khartoum expects to receive roughTags: Extractive Industries, Oil, South Sudan,...
View ArticleIran Oil Sanctions: A Race against Time
International economic sanctions designed to force the Iranian regime to prove that it is not seeking to develop militarized nuclear capacity by targeting the country’s oil exports will takeTags: Iran,...
View ArticleBuying Peace in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Delta Region?
Violence in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta region has soared in 2011 and during the first half of 2012, despite a government-administered amnesty program with an annual budget of $450 million and...
View ArticleIran Sanctions: Putting the ‘E’ back in DIME
Sanctions targeting Iran’s ability to sell its oil and access the international banking system are beginning to bite, but a change of course by that country requires coordinated and sustainedTags:...
View ArticleRevisiting the Niger Delta: Energy Infrastructure Threatened
While Nigeria has recently captured international headlines with terrorist attacks carried out by Boko Haram, it’s important to remember that it was not long ago when another security threatTags:...
View ArticleCapitalizing on New Beginnings in South Sudan
*This blog was written by Catherine Morris, Carbon Finance Unit, World BankTags: Economic Development, Extractive Industries, Oil, South Sudan, Sudan
View ArticleBeyond Economics: Subsidies and Stability in Sudan
While the decision by the Sudanese government to reduce subsidies on fuel prices triggered the unrest that led to violent confrontations between security forces and groups of protesting citizens...
View ArticleAdopting the Pound: The Case for a Local Currency in South Sudan
As I outlined in the first blog in this series on currency in conflict-affected environments, a major part of rebuilding a nation’s economy in the aftermath of conflict is the creation of a vTags:...
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