Oil, Power, and Poverty in Angola

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2097993
AutoresJosé León García-Rodríguez, José León García‐rodríguez (Universidad de La Laguna), Francisco J García-Rodríguez, Francisco J García Rodríguez (0000-0003-0925-0949, Universidad de La Laguna), Carlos Castilla-Gutiérrez, Carlos Castilla‐gutiérrez (Universidad de La Laguna), Silvério Adriano Major
Año2015
Volumen58
Número1
Páginas159-176
Fecha de publicación2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/asr.2015.8
OpenAlexW2130903267
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas15

Angola is a large country with a relatively small population and abundant natural resources, including oil reserves. The high price fetched by oil, the mainstay of the Angolan economy, on international markets has helped this leading producer attain growth rates that are among the highest in the world. However, Angola is also noted for its unequal distribution of wealth and notorious political corruption. This article seeks to explore this paradox within the framework of the so-called resource curse theory and analyze the role played by the oil industry in the process

Curse · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Language change · Natural resource · Natural resource economics · Oil reserves · Petroleum · Petroleum industry · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Power (physics · Resource (disambiguation · Resource curse · Sociology · Engineering · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development