Editorials from Expansão 2019–2021

Readers will find a wide range of topics, from the simplest to the most sensitive, where the unknown is easily uncovered within the closed labyrinths of the State Budget figures, in the doubts raised by the frequent fluctuations in oil prices and their real implications and consequences. It will clarify uncertainties regarding the state of Angola’s public finances, the burden of external debt, and the harmful effects of the kwanza’s devaluation. Readers will certainly gain a new perspective on the true role of the National Bank of Angola and its endless, unexplained dilemmas, as well as on the actual qualifications of Angolan technical experts — unveiling the veils that hide the profitability (or lack thereof) of national state-owned enterprises. Ultimately, the book demystifies the difference between what is false and what is true in Angola’s national economy."

Foreword by Jacques Arlindo dos Santos