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Blog Post
January 26, 2022
Consider the situation. Faced with growing fiscal stress, the government of an energy-exporting country decides to cut generous subsidies, doubling the price of fuel overnight. Protestors are out on the streets, clashing violently with security forces called in to maintain law and order. They vent t...
Blog Post
June 30, 2011
This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz
The World Bank’s Shanta Devarajan and Marcelo Giugale in yesterday’s Guardian Poverty Matters blog write:
Except for Botswana, the track record of Africa's mineral and hydrocarbon exporters is sobering. While Africa's central banks are tod...