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Transparency and accountability in Angola : an update

Reforms since 2004 -- New evidence of corruption and mismanagement -- Achieving greater transparency and accountability -- Recommendations.

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  • "Angola, transparency and accountability in Angola"
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  • "Reforms since 2004 -- New evidence of corruption and mismanagement -- Achieving greater transparency and accountability -- Recommendations."@en
  • "This report documents how the government took only limited steps to improve transparency after Human Rights Watch disclosed in a 2004 report that billions of dollars in oil revenue illegally bypassed the central bank and disappeared without explanation. The report details newly disclosed evidence of corruption and mismanagement and includes recommendations for reversing the pattern."@en
  • ""The government of Jose Eduardo dos Santos, in power in Angola since 1979, has historically mismanaged the country's substantial oil revenues and used its control over oil wealth to insulate itself from public scrutiny. While the government has introduced some important reforms in oil sector transparency in recent years, far more needs to be done to curb corruption and give Angolan citizens the tools necessary to hold the government accountable for its actions. In 2004, Human Rights Watch documented how some US$4.2 billion disappeared from government coffers between 1997 and 2002, an amount roughly equal to all foreign and domestic social and humanitarian spending in Angola over that same period. While millions of impoverished and war-ravaged Angolans went without access to hospitals or schools, billions of dollars were squandered that could have gone to providing necessary social services. Since that time, the government has taken some important steps, including in improving oil revenue transparency, but has still has not published audits of Sonangol, the state-owned oil company, or done enough to allow citizens to track government expenditures. And Angola's development indicators remain among the worst in the world. The country remains an example of the problems that plague a resource-rich state. Its rulers have unique opportunities for self-enrichment and corruption, especially because there is not enough transparency or political space for the public to hold them accountable. Transparency and Accountability in Angola examines reforms to date, details recent corruption scandals, and offers recommendations on steps that Angolan authorities, the IMF, and key partners such as China and the United States can take to ensure that reforms are meaningful and lasting."--P. [4] of cover."

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  • "Transparency and accountability in Angola an update"
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