October 19, 2009

Ghana’s Oil: Black Gold or Fools Gold?

Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Africa, Global Development, Governance/Democracy Tags: Africa, Ghana, Natural Resources, Oil, Todd Moss

Oil and Africa. Boon or bust? In CGD’s first Global Prosperity Wonkcast I interview senior fellow Todd Moss on his innovative proposal for managing Ghana’s anticipated $1 billion per year oil windfall: money to the people. Subscribe to the podcast if you have iTunes; read Moss’s executive memo to Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, or get the full story in Saving Ghana from Its Oil: The Case for Direct Cash Distribution.

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