As Ghana, Africa's newest producer, gears up to start producing its first oil from the Jubilee field next year, its new government, led by John Atta Mills, will need to defend itself against the oil curse. Accra should arm itself early with good policies and regulations, and take its time developing the rest of the petroleum sector, warns a new report, Ghana's Big Test: Oil's Challenge to Democratic Development, by Oxfam America and Ghana's Integrated Social Development Centre.
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