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The Republic of South Sudan, the world’s newest country, is one of the most underdeveloped nations on earth. But it may be able to overcome the obstacles it faces – if it finds peace with its northern neighbor.
Ideally, the country's oil revenues – which should increase after the North and South reach a settlement on management of their still-shared industry – will be spent addressing the daunting challenges outlined above.
In practice, some of these revenues will likely be squandered as the corruption and nepotism that has blemished the southern government's reputation in its six years of existence takes deeper root in the post-independence period.
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