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	<title>Global Development: Views from the Center » Oil</title>
	
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	<description>Global Development: Views from the Center features posts from Nancy Birdsall and her colleagues at the Center for Global Development about innovative, practical policy responses to poverty and inequality in an ever-more globalized world.</description>
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		<title>You’ve Heard of Herman Cain’s 9-9-9. Here’s Nigeria’s 20-20-20 (And This One Might Fly)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/02/you%e2%80%99ve-heard-of-herman-cain%e2%80%99s-9-9-9-here%e2%80%99s-nigeria%e2%80%99s-20-20-20-and-this-one-might-fly.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - Lately I’ve been thinking Nigeria should be a little bit more like, of all places, Iran. Yes, Iran. And maybe Alaska.  Here’s how. Africa’s most populous nation has been a massive underperformer since independence. It’s earned hundreds of billions of dollars from petroleum exports, but the average Nigerian has little to show for it. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerians Demand Cheap Gas, But Fuel Subsidies Are NOT Pro-Poor</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/01/nigerians-demand-cheap-gas-but-fuel-subsidies-are-not-pro-poor.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz. Last Sunday the government of Nigeria scrapped fuel subsidies, leading to an immediate doubling of petrol prices. This set off violent protests across the country, threats of strikes by trade unions, and was even lamented by western pundits as a sign of government indifference to the poor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libya: Can Oil and Democracy Mix?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/12/libya-can-oil-and-democracy-mix.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Birdsall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance/Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil to Cash]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7699</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Birdsall - Libya’s oil puts at risk its hopes of becoming a democracy.&#160; If easy oil money is captured by a few people, and they then control politics, Libya will end up &#160;looking more like Angola and less like Norway.&#160; But there is a way out.&#160; Libya has yet to write its own Constitution.&#160; It’s not too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Agree! Ugandan Oil Debate Should Take Place in Uganda (Plus a Few Clarifications about Our Paper)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/09/we-agree-ugandan-oil-debate-should-take-place-in-uganda-plus-a-few-clarifications-about-our-paper.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Gelb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=7140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Gelb - This is a joint post with Stephanie Majerowicz. How should Uganda use its prospective oil revenues? Our recent paper on this question argued that choices should be considered with an eye towards both their development impact and the implications for governance.  We are happy that the paper has sparked debate in Uganda, including discussions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could Uganda Be the Next Niger Delta?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/could-uganda-be-the-next-niger-delta.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/08/could-uganda-be-the-next-niger-delta.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=6982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - That’s the question in Alain Vicky’s piece this morning in Le Monde Diplomatique (gated). Vicky warns that oil discoveries in Uganda’s Bunyoro region threaten to heighten simmering tensions between the local communities whose ground is being drilled and the central government which is pocketing the cash. Unmet expectations and popular frustration with politicians could unleash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If There Was Ever a Case for Oil2Cash, It’s Post-Qaddafi Libya</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/03/if-there-was-ever-a-case-for-oil2cash-it%e2%80%99s-post-qaddafi-libya.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/03/if-there-was-ever-a-case-for-oil2cash-it%e2%80%99s-post-qaddafi-libya.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cash transfers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil to Cash]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=5456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - The idea of cash transfers—or just giving money to the poor—is gaining ground quickly. The use of conditional cash transfers as a way to assist the poor have shown pretty impressive results in Mexico and Brazil, leading to lots of other copycat programs in dozens of countries. Iran, and now India, are replacing inefficient and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Constitutional Moment: Oil2Cash in the Arab World</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2011/02/a-constitutional-moment-oil2cash-in-the-arab-world.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Subramanian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=5385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Arvind Subramanian - It is thrilling to watch the overthrow of despots and dynasties as people power erupts across the Arab world. But the headiness of the moment can only lead to durable political change and meaningful economic progress if the new governments that emerge find a better way to handle oil revenue and other easy money (rents, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan – Southern Secession, Oil, and Debt Relief</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/09/sudan-%e2%80%93-southern-secession-oil-and-debt-relief.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/09/sudan-%e2%80%93-southern-secession-oil-and-debt-relief.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Leo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Ben Leo - This post also appeared on the Huffington Post. Next week, President Obama, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and other global leaders will meet with Sudanese leadership to discuss the upcoming referendum.  The stakes are huge.  In January, southern Sudanese will vote on whether to secede and launch a new, independent country.  It’s hard to imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan’s Latest Scourge: Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Opium Poppies, and Now…Copper?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/06/afghanistan%e2%80%99s-latest-scourge-al-qaeda-taliban-opium-poppies-and-now%e2%80%a6copper.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/06/afghanistan%e2%80%99s-latest-scourge-al-qaeda-taliban-opium-poppies-and-now%e2%80%a6copper.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Moss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Resources]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/?p=4159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Todd Moss - The blogosphere is abuzz following the June 13 New York Times report by James Risen that Afghanistan is a potential El Dorado of minerals: The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO’s Dictator Prize Put on Hold</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/06/unesco%e2%80%99s-dictator-prize-put-on-hold.php</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2010/06/unesco%e2%80%99s-dictator-prize-put-on-hold.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijaya Ramachandran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vijaya Ramachandran - This is a joint posting with Julia Barmeier. Today, UNESCO’s director-general, Irina Bokova, announced that the UNESCO-Obiang Prize would be suspended so that UNESCO’s executive board can study the situation.  The Board will take up the issue again in October.  Ms. Bokova released a statement saying: “I have heard the voices of the many intellectuals, [...]]]></description>
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