Angola: Prospects for Peace and Prosperity
By Neuma Grobbelaar, Greg Mills and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
SAIIA: 2003
ISBN: 1-919810-50-1
Pages: 112
Price: R80,00
The
end of Angola’s decades-long civil war in April 2002 has provided
Angolans with an opportunity to rebuild their war-ravaged country. As
Africa’s second-largest oil producer and the world’s fourth largest
producer of diamonds, Angola has the potential to be a powerful
economic force in Southern Africa. It has long been a military power,
not shy in using its martial abilities both within and outside its
borders.
Yet, more than two-thirds of its population live on less than one dollar a day and the average life expectancy is only 45 years.
A post-conflict Angola will not only have to carefully navigate the rapids of its political transition and the establishment of a more open and accountable government, but also to prioritise and deliver essential social-economic services throughout the country.
This book analyses the domestic, political, economic and social challenges facing Angola as well as the impact of the “peace dividend” on Angola’s relations with the region and the international community.
Will
Angolans and the region as a whole reap the fruits of peace or will a
small elite continue to benefit from the spoils of war?
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