TY  - JOUR
T1  - Resource Rent and Governance Crisis in Gulf of Guinea Oil States: The Case of Angola
AU - Saka, Luqman AU - Sani, Mohd Azizuddin Bin Mohd 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
SP  - 321
EP  - 331
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2012.321.331
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2012.321.331
KW  - Resource rent
KW  -oil states
KW  -natural resources
KW  -management
KW  -ruling elite
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - Studies have detailed the detrimental effects of natural resources on governance. Much of the studies have gained prominence via the resource curse thesis. Though, the thesis arguments might be convincing yet there are notable exceptions of resource endowed countries that have avoided the resource curse dilemma. What then distinguishes losers from winners when it comes to resource wealth management? Is the curse that of resource or institutions? This study seeks to analysis the crisis of resource rent mis-governance in Angola, the second most important oil producing country in sub-Saharan Africa. The study looks at the mismanagement of the ever increasing rents from oil by the ruling elite and the general governance crisis in post-war Angola.
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