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Policy paper

PP6: Oil and mining countries: Transparency low, official impunity high – 2013

Policy Paper No.6
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Twenty-two  of 34 African countries surveyed by Afrobarometer stake their countries’ economic futures on development of mineral or oil production, but successful shepherding of these natural resources hinges on governments’ ability to manage them while maintaining stable democracies.

E. Gyimah-Boadi

Gyimah is the chairman of the board of directors at Afrobarometer

Daniel Armah-Attoh

Daniel is the project manager for North and Anglophone West Africa