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THE RESOURCE CURSE, THE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION AND SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS DR ROSS HARVEY
Director of Research and Programmes Good Governance Africa
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everal African countries are blessed with abundant natural resources, both in quantity and diversity. But political economy configurations and poor leadership continue to hold us back.
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More broadly, the world is at a critical juncture – the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 promised to usher in a new era of prosperity and a pervasive adoption of Western liberal democratic capitalism. But two recently published books by prominent authors Martin Wolf and Pranab Bardhan respectively demonstrate how this expectation has been shattered. Not only has autocracy grown, but the world has grown more unequal and more
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divided. Russia’s war on Ukraine, now nearly 18 months old, following the disruptive effects of COVID-19, has exacerbated pre-existing trends toward populism and dissatisfaction with the post-Cold War liberal order. The climate crisis has not abated either, despite some reprieve from the economic lockdowns during COVID-19. The need for a just energy transition could not be more urgent. The Russian war has, of course,
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