| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The CEMAC's macroeconomic challenges / Bernardin Akitoby and Sharmini Coorey -- Improving surveillance across the CEMAC region / Robert York [and four others] -- Determinants of non-oil growth in the CFA zone oil-producing countries : how do they differ? / Alexandra Tabova and Carol Baker -- CEMAC's infrastructure gap : issues and policy options / Rupa Ranganathan, Vivien Foster, and Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia -- Managing oil windfalls in the CEMAC / Frederick van der Ploeg -- Government failure and poverty reduction in the CEMAC / Shanta Devarajan and Raju Jan Singh -- Natural resource endowments, governance, and domestic revenue mobilization : lessons for the CEMAC region / Sanjeev Gupta and Eva Jenkner -- The cyclicality of fiscal policies in the CEMAC region / Gaston K. Mpatswe, Sampawende J.-A. Tapsoba, and Robert C. York -- Cameroon's oil wealth : transparency matters / Bernard Gauthier and Albert Zeufack -- Chad : lessons from the oil years / Jean-Claude Nachega and Jaroslaw Wieczorek -- Congo's experience managing oil wealth / Carol Baker and Oscar Melhado -- Gabon's experience managing oil wealth / Cheikh Gueye |
| Summary |
Despite its vast oil wealth, central Africa still struggles to sustain strong, inclusive economic growth or to generate sufficient employment opportunities, particularly for its fast-growing youth population. Drawing on new research, Oil Wealth in Central Africa lays out the macroeconomic and growth challenges facing the region; examines oil wealth management and its implications for poverty reduction; and includes four case studies that exemplify lessons learned |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Africa, Central
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Africa, Central -- Case studies
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Natural resources -- Africa, Central -- Management
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Natural resources -- Africa, Central -- Management -- Case studies
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Economic development -- Africa, Central
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Natural resources -- Management
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Economic development
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Economic policy
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Petroleum industry and trade
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, Central -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
Central Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Akitoby, Bernardin, editor
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Coorey, Sharmini, editor
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International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781475549126 |
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1475549121 |
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1475577338 |
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9781475577334 |
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1616353767 |
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9781616353766 |
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