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Oil-spill economics : how Ghana can succeed / Thorvaldur Gylfason. VoxEU.org, 27 March 2011http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6284Ghana is about to become a major oil producer. The country’s  newfound oil is expected to bring in many billions of dollars, changing  the face of its economy. Ghana is the first African country where a  major oil discovery is greeted by a well-functioning, albeit young,  democracy. This column outlines how it can avoid the resource curse and  take full advantage of this historic opportunity...