TY - BOOK AU - Solderling,Ludvig TI - After the oil: Challenges ahead in Gabon AV - HC800 JOU PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford university Press KW - Economic challenges KW - Gabon N2 - This paper studies the prospects for sustainable growth and economic development in Gabon, in the face of a severe decline in its main source of income and growth, i.e. oil. A simple Computable General Equilibrium model is used to simulate the development of the non-oil economy under various assumptions. The results of the simulations underline Gabon's dependence on foreign financing-especially private-and its vulnerability to variations in oil prices. The importance of adequate real exchange rate management is also underlined UR - 10.1093/jae/eji019 ER -