On Thursday August 27th about 200 people attended the Angola Field Group presentation by the World Bank Senior Economist, Ricardo Gazel titled “Angola’s Economy: the Recent Past, Present, and Future”.

He has kindly provided us with his Powerpoint presentation- click here to download the presentation. Also available is his first ever Mid-year Review of the Angolan Economy, click here for a PDF of the document.

If you would like to subscribe to Dr. Gazel’s regular monthly two-page Macro Brief on the Economy of Angola, please send an email to him at: rgazel@worldbank.org.

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