PhD defence by Sabna Mohamed Abbass Ali on Sudan & South Sudan

On 3 December, Sabna Mohamed Abbass Ali will defend her thesis 'Extractive industries and development: An investigation into the resource curse impact on happiness, growth, export diversification, and institutions'. In her study, she investigates the underperformance of the majority of resource-rich countries. In four articles based on research in Sudan and South Sudan Sabna Ali probes into a new perspective on the 'resource curse', looking respectively at happiness and the resource curse; post-succession Sudan and South Sudan; oil, export diversification and economic growth in Sudan; and an evaluation of the impact of oil reserve loss on Sudan's growth. Doctoral Board: Professor Inge Hutter (Chair); Doctoral dissertation supervisors: Professor Mansoob Murshed, Dr Elissaios Papyrakis. Members of the Full Doctoral Committee: Professor Thorvaldur Gylfason, University of Iceland, Professor Scott Gates, University of Oslo, Professor Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia, Dr Natascha Wagner, ISS, Dr Zemzem Shigute Shuka, ISS

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