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Uanguta wants economy to avert natural resource curse
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Uanguta wants economy to avert natural resource curse

The deputy governor of the Bank of Namibia, Ebson Uanguta, said that Namibia needs to avert the natural resources curse that has befallen many oil-producing economies that did not set appropriate public policies and didn’t sufficiently prepare their public services to weather the storms associated with being an oil-producing economy.

Opinion –  Institutions do matter
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Opinion – Institutions do matter

Namibia experiences yet another phase of high inflation and unemployment. Prices for food and transport rise. Nothing we can do about it, we are told. Once the prices of food or petrol decrease, the general economic situation does not improve.