This paper considers the case of Angola as an institutionally weak state. It is intended to contribute to the research project Institutionally Weak States:
Context, Responsibilities and Responses, undertaken by the Peace, Security and Human Rights department of FRIDE.
1. What are the historical taproots of conflict in Angola, and of its weak uneven state and politicalinstitutions?
2. What formal and informal forces and incentives are at work in Angola’s territorial political economy that affect state and political resilience or weakness?
3. What aspects of the integration of Angola’s political economy into international systems may help explain the persistence of weak state and political institutions?
DW Angola
Development Workshop Angola