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Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
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Global Prosperity Wonkcast
Posts Tagged: OilOil 2 Cash in Iraq — Johnny WestApril 3, 2012Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Oil Tags: Cash transfers, Iraq, Oil
He tells me that on a recent trip to Libya, while bouncing across the country on half-built dirt roads in the back of a pickup, he reflected on some startling calculations about the country’s oil industry. During the 42 years of Gaddafi rule, the dictator accumulated over $1 trillion in oil rents. At the same time, much of the country remains poor and a startling number of Libyans can neither read nor write. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »Prospects for South Sudan, the World’s Newest Nation: Ben LeoJuly 12, 2011Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Debt Relief, Fragile States, Global Development Tags: Ben Leo, Debt relief, Fragile States, Oil, Sudan
My guest this week is Ben Leo, a CGD research fellow and expert on the economic issues concerning the new nation of South Sudan and its major challenges going forward. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »The Gulf Gusher & Africa’s Offshore Oil Boom: Todd Moss and Vijaya RamachandranJune 22, 2010Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Africa, Climate Change, Fragile States, Governance/Democracy Tags: Environment, Fragile States, Oil, Todd Moss, Vijaya Ramachandran
My guests are Vijaya Ramachandran and Todd Moss, both senior fellows here at the Center for Global Development. Podcast: Play in new window | Download 1 Comment »Ghana’s Oil: Black Gold or Fools Gold?October 19, 2009Posted by Lawrence MacDonald in Africa, Global Development, Governance/Democracy Tags: Africa, Ghana, Natural Resources, Oil, Todd Moss
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Johnny West is a man of many talents. An expert on oil, civil society, and governance in the Middle East who works as an advisor to the UNDP, he is fluent in Arabic, spent more than two decades in the Middle East as a journalist for Reuters, and has just published a highly readable 
On Saturday the world’s newest nation exuberantly celebrated its first independence day. The Republic of South Sudan, an area the size of Texas that is home to eight million people, has finally fulfilled its long-sought goal of freedom and self-determination. Independence however, is just the beginning.
As the BP well in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spew thousands of barrels of oil each day, media attention has been focused on the toll on nearby economies and ecosystems and on the U.S. political response. On this edition of the Global Prosperity Wonkcast, we look beyond the Gulf of Mexico to explore what implications America’s biggest environmental disaster might hold for the new offshore oil boom getting underway in Africa. 
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 
