https://kandaka.com/tags/governance/Recent content in Governance on KandakaHugoenThu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://kandaka.com/ideas/gold-gum-arabic-resource-curse-sudan/Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://kandaka.com/ideas/gold-gum-arabic-resource-curse-sudan/Sudan has the third largest gold reserves in Africa and controls 80% of global gum arabic supply. Both are exported raw, undertaxed, with rents captured by military elites. This is Paul Collier's resource trap operating in real time — and it has a documented solution.https://kandaka.com/development/history-of-modern-sudan-collins/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://kandaka.com/development/history-of-modern-sudan-collins/The most comprehensive English-language political history of Sudan from Muhammad Ali's 1821 conquest through the post-independence era. Essential background for understanding how colonial and post-colonial institutional failures produced Sudan's recurring development crises.