Sharing similar colonial and post-independence civil war experiences, Mozambique and Angola's development paths are often contrasted, with foreign aid-dependent Mozambique hailed a success compared to oil rentier Angola. This paper questions the so-called Mozambican miracle and contrasts it with...

Introduction -- The nature of a political resource -- Capturing oil -- Marketing oil -- Living with oil -- Securing oil -- Developing through oil -- Governing oil -- Better and beyond: the future of oil