Magnificent And Beggar Land: Angola Since The Civil War

Based on three years of research in and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, Magnificent and Beggar Land is a rigorous political and economic history of the fast-changing dynamics of this important yet misunderstood African state; a major exporter of oil, minerals and other raw materialsand a growing power in the region. Ricardo Soares de Oliveira documents the rise of a major African economy and its insertion in the international system. The government, backed by a strategic alliance with China and working hand in glove with hundreds of thousands of expatriates, many from theformer 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 modern society. Soares de Oliveira's book charts the remarkable course the country has taken in recent years.nd a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensivefirst-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 ofthousands 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 entirecontinent.

• | Author: Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 05, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0190251395
• | ISBN-13: 9780190251390