Africa's new oil : power, pipelines and future fortunes /
Author / Creator: | Hicks, Celeste author. |
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Imprint: | London, UK : Zed Books in association with the International African Institute, the Royal African Society and the World Peace Foundation, 2015. |
Description: | xiv, 239 pages ; 20 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | African arguments African arguments. |
Subject: | Petroleum industry and trade -- Africa. Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Africa. Petroleum industry and trade. Petroleum industry and trade -- Economic aspects. Africa. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10197508 |
Summary: | The development of Africa's oil has greatly accelerated in recent years, with some countries looking at the prospect of almost unimaginable flows of money into their national budgets. But the story of African oil has usually been associated with conflict, corruption and disaster, with older producers such as Nigeria having little to show for the many billions of dollars they've earned. In this eye-opening book, former BBC correspondent Celeste Hicks questions the inevitability of the so-called resource curse, revealing what the discovery of oil means for ordinary Africans, and how China's involvement could mean a profound change in Africa's relationship with the West. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 239 pages ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: | 1783601132 9781783601134 9781783601127 1783601124 |