Entries by Torfinn Harding

Oil revenues accounted for 98% of fiscal revenues in South Sudan in 2011. South Sudan has recently decided to shut down its oil production, stemming from the lack of agreement post-independence between South Sudan and Sudan regarding oil revenues. The aim of this paper is to evaluate fiscal sustainability in South Sudan. The starting point regarding fiscal revenues is the reserves estimates and production path forecasts provided by the operating oil companies in 2010. This…