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Author : Jakkie Cilliers,Christian Dietrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Angola
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073495959
Author : J (Jakkie); Dietrich Cilliers (C (Christian).)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1037144212
Author : Martins Udenga
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542474396
Present Economy. Angola War history. The Angolan government faces a paradox: It is an incredibly rich country, but also a very poor one. Like most African countries, it faces some of the steepest development challenges in the world. Unlike its neighbors, however, it does not depend on foreign aid or the largesse of international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As a result, Angola is not obliged to follow the reforms and policy recommendations of such groups. Critics say this imperviousness to pressure has fostered an opaque financial system rife with corruption, and has also weakened democratic institutions. According to a report issued by the British investigative group Global Witness in 2004, nearly $1.7 billion disappeared from the government's budget between 1997 and 2001. While Angola's finances were certainly opaque during this time period, some Africa experts note the Global Witness report is controversial and the Angolan government did make efforts following its publication to account for the lost funds
Author : Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190251413
Magnificent and Beggar Land is a powerful account of fast-changing dynamics in Angola, an important African state that is a key exporter of oil and diamonds and a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, it documents the rise of a major economy and its insertion in the international system since it emerged in 2002 from one of Africa's longest and deadliest civil wars. The government, backed by a strategic alliance with China and working hand in glove with hundreds of thousands of expatriates, many from the former colonial power, Portugal, has pursued an ambitious agenda of state-led national reconstruction. This has resulted in double-digit growth in Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest economy and a state budget in excess of total western aid to the entire continent. Scarred by a history of slave trading, colonial plunder and war, Angolans now aspire to the building of a decent society. How has the regime, led by President Jos? Eduardo dos Santos since 1979, dealt with these challenges, and can it deliver on popular expectations? Soares de Oliveira's book charts the remarkable course the country has taken in recent years.
Author : Inge Tvedten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429970801
After more than twenty years of devastating civil war, Angola is slowly moving toward peace and reconciliation. In this accessible introduction to one of the most resource-rich countries in Africa, Inge Tvedten traces Angola’s turbulent past with a particular focus on the effects of political and economic upheaval on the Angolan people. First, Tvedten reviews five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule, which drained Angola’s resources through slavery and exploitation. Next, he turns to the postindependence period, during which the country became a Cold War staging ground and its attempts to democratize collapsed when the rebel movement UNITA (until then supported by the United States) took the country back to war after electoral defeat. Tvedten shows how the colonial legacy and decades of war turned Angola into one of the ten poorest countries in the world in terms of socioeconomic indicators, despite its possessing considerable oil resources, huge hydroelectric potential, vast and fertile agricultural lands, and some of Africa’s most productive fishing waters. Finally, Tvedten argues that peace and prosperity for Angola are possible, but constructive international support will be crucial to its achievement.
Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995-12-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451800470
This paper describes economic developments in Angola during the 1990s. A major decline in economic conditions occurred in 1993, in the wake of the resumption of the civil war. In 1993, inflation reached unprecedented levels, overall GDP declined by an estimated 24 percent in real terms, and oil production experienced a downturn for the first time, in part as a result of the destruction of a major onshore oil facility. Export earnings from crude oil were also hit by the decline in world oil prices. Nevertheless, the economy became increasingly dependent on oil.
Author : Miranda Melcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350407947
This book helps explain how and why there are such diverging outcomes of UN peace negotiations and treaties through a detailed examination of peace processes in the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Does it really matter what's written on page 36, protocol V, section III, point 5 of a UN-endorsed peace treaty? Dr. Miranda Ruwart Melcher shows that seemingly small details - such as who wears suits, who has toothbrushes, and how specific words are translated between French and English - can and have delayed peace or contributed to restarting wars. Dr. Melcher uses unique primary source data, including interviews with key actors who have participated in peace treaty negotiations, as well as thousands of previously newly opened UN documents. She argues that treaty specificity is an undervalued - but important - factor in researching the success or failure of peace processes. The book offers new insights and policy recommendations for key details whose presence or absence can have a significant impact on how peace processes unfold.
Author : Mário de Andrade,Marc Ollivier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Angola
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036953912
Author : Inge Tvedten
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040598479
He then turns to the postindependence period, in which the country became a Cold War staging ground, and its attempts to democratize collapsed when the rebel movement UNITA, supported by the United States, took the country back to war after electoral defeat. Tvedten shows how the colonial legacy and decades of war turned Angola into one of the ten poorest countries in the world, despite considerable oil resources, huge hydroelectric potential, vast and fertile agricultural lands, and some of Africa's most productive fishing waters.
Author : Jennie Robinson
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783640437535
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: A, University of Malta, language: English, abstract: Angolan nationalist movements’ struggle for independence (gained in 1975) against the Portuguese colonial power was to transform into an intrastate conflict between the parties: MPLA, backed by Cuba, and the FNLA plus Unita, backed by South Africa and the United States (US); and into an interstate conflict entangled within the Cold War scenario, so as to involve outsiders such as the Soviet Union, the US, Cuba and South Africa, each seeking to “shape an outcome that would advance its perceived interests”.1 This paper will attempt to address the question of how third party intervention, in this case the US renders resolution of the conflict more difficult because of its primary concern being its own narrow self-interest. 1 D. Rothchild, Conflict management in Angola
Author : Francisco Kapalo Ngongo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1618975218
Angola has experienced 41 years of violent conflict, including 14 years in its struggle for independence and 27 years of political fighting between national belligerents largely supported by the Cold War geopolitical elephants of the United States and the Soviet Union. The end of violent armed conflict in 2002 gave hope that the government would finally achieve peace and that the majority of the population would benefit. Instead, we are witnessing an era of economic growth and modernization of some urban infrastructures, but not the uplifting of human development that benefits the welfare of the people. An incredible amount of research and preparation went into this book. The findings show that the fight against poverty in post-conflict Angola requires tackling the political problem of the dominant ruling party as well as undemocratic state leadership that would inspire true democracy. What is at stake in Angola is also at stake elsewhere in Africa. Francisco Ngongo is an Angolan who has lived abroad in Africa and Europe, first as a refugee, and then as a student and on international staff.He hold a PhD from the peace studies department of the School of Social and International Studies, University of Bradford, UK. His work experience is in the field of peace building, development and policy influencing. His vision is to contribute to the building of institutions for sustainable development, peace and good governance in Africa. Publisher's Website: http: //sbpra.com/FranciscoNgong
Author : William Minter
Publisher : William Minter
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 9781856492669
It also outlines a new kind of Third World warfare - neither classic guerrilla warfare nor straightforward external aggression; instead, one comprising elements of civil war, but dominated by the initiatives of external powers.
Author : Ryan Kelly
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1714644839
Angola Economic State, Oil boom and Political Stands. Angola achieved independence from Portugal in nineteen seventy-five, after which the competition between different movements that were vying to lead the country descended into civil war. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, a Marxist-oriented group that included urban intellectuals, nominally led the country. It was opposed by two factions the National Liberation Front of Angola, and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. Oil is the backbone of the Angola's economy. This sector makes up over 90 percent of the Country's exports. The first oil surveys date back to nineteen hundred and six, and it was not until nineteen fifty-five that the first oil well was discovered. In nineteen sixty-six, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company discovered important oil reserves in Cabinda. From then on, oil started playing one of the most important roles in the Angolan economy, having surpassed coffee in oil exports as of 1973
Author : Pyt S. Douma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Angola
ISBN : 9050310877
Author : Cynthia J. Arnson,I. William Zartman
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801882975
This collection of essays questions the adequacy of explaining today's internal armed conflicts purely in terms of economic factors and re-establishes the importance of identity and grievances in creating and sustaining such wars. Countries studied include Lebanon, Angola, Colombia and Afghanistan.