EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context: Sudan is a fragile state mired in a heavy debt burden, international sanctions, and volatile … Sudan in 2011, resulting in the buildup of large economic imbalances. The authorities have embarked on a stabilization … program and are expecting that a return of peace in South Sudan will ensure continuation of oil flows, which are crucial for …

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), which was signed by the government of Sudan and the Sudanese People …’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) ended more than 20 years of civil war. According to the CPA, the Sudan’s government has 50% of the oil … about 30% of the total oil production in Sudan. In January 2011, the people in southern Sudan have voted for separation from …