Comments on: Africa’s coming disaster? http://chrisblattman.com/2010/07/16/africas-coming-disaster/ International development, politics, economics, and policy Sun, 20 May 2012 12:32:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: Danhttp://chrisblattman.com/2010/07/16/africas-coming-disaster/#comment-15807 Dan Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:15:31 +0000 http://chrisblattman.com/?p=5165#comment-15807 Well it is definetely not a bad thing sitting here in SA, a dollar is a dollar, the petrodollars and apparently now narcodollars/euro's pours right back to our manufacturers and services because there is nothing to satisfy their demand except our industries... i always thought it was the petrodollars from angola etc. but the torrents flowing in hasn't really stopped after the boom stumbled last year... it probably will corrupt their governments, but we are nicely isolated and benefiting here in the south... Hey we all knew how Miami got its skyscrapers :). Well it is definetely not a bad thing sitting here in SA, a dollar is a dollar, the petrodollars and apparently now narcodollars/euro’s pours right back to our manufacturers and services because there is nothing to satisfy their demand except our industries… i always thought it was the petrodollars from angola etc. but the torrents flowing in hasn’t really stopped after the boom stumbled last year… it probably will corrupt their governments, but we are nicely isolated and benefiting here in the south… Hey we all knew how Miami got its skyscrapers :) .

]]> By: Mark Westonhttp://chrisblattman.com/2010/07/16/africas-coming-disaster/#comment-15783 Mark Weston Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:46:34 +0000 http://chrisblattman.com/?p=5165#comment-15783 Hi Chris, here's a backgrounder from late 2008 on the drug trade in Guinea-Bissau. Not sure if it's of any use: http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/03/02/drugs-and-death-in-guinea-bissau/ Hi Chris, here’s a backgrounder from late 2008 on the drug trade in Guinea-Bissau. Not sure if it’s of any use: http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/03/02/drugs-and-death-in-guinea-bissau/

]]> By: Tom Bhttp://chrisblattman.com/2010/07/16/africas-coming-disaster/#comment-15782 Tom B Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:25:27 +0000 http://chrisblattman.com/?p=5165#comment-15782 I'm afraid you are right. This size of this drug seizure in The Gambia was almost unbelievable: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10268510From all indications, it seems as if the group responsible had been operating for a long time. I’m afraid you are right. This size of this drug seizure in The Gambia was almost unbelievable:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10268510

From all indications, it seems as if the group responsible had been operating for a long time.

]]> By: MWhttp://chrisblattman.com/2010/07/16/africas-coming-disaster/#comment-15779 MW Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:42:00 +0000 http://chrisblattman.com/?p=5165#comment-15779 The move in the provision of drug-related services from Latin America to West Africa was well-predicted in Bayart, Ellis and Hibou's "Criminalization of the State in Africa" (1999). The move in the provision of drug-related services from Latin America to West Africa was well-predicted in Bayart, Ellis and Hibou’s “Criminalization of the State in Africa” (1999).

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