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See also 'Angola' in 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 1, 2004. Angola in its second full year of peace continued to face a triple transition: from war to peace, from central planning to a market economy and from devastation to reconstruction. War had precipitated urban flight and the collapse of agricultural systems and internal trade. The challenges remained a fragmented national economy, a history of financial embezzlement and mi…

See also 'Angola' in 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 2, 2005. Angola continued to face a triple transition from war to peace, from devastation to reconstruction and from a state/elite patronage system to a transparent market economy. The first two advanced further, with concerns expressed over delays in the third and government's commitment to reform. Key questions, including the date of elections, remained largely unanswered in t…

See also 'Angola' in 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 3, 2006. There was little change in the year as the government consolidated its framework for the future, particularly its own continuation in power, and there was little sign of the promised decentralisation. Increasing elite confidence was shown in the cavalier stance on elections, now postponed until 2008 and 2009, six years after the end of the civil war. There were initial improvements in transparency with the publication of oil …

See also Angola 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022. Contents Volume 4, 2007. The government again used the Angolan political economy to consolidate its power. The presidency continued through its vast patronage network to ensure dominance, despite little improvement in the condition of the people. Angola's massive oil revenues, high oil prices, economic growth, access to Chinese and commercial loans, invulnerability to outside or internal pressure p…