Cape Verde: No resources, No problem
Summary
Although Cape Verde is a poor country with not many resources available to them, they are able to still push themselves up. Cape Verde's response to the financial crisis has been to accelerate its public investment program, known locally as the nation's "air bag." This has delivered an impressive upgrade of infrastructure, but also rising debt levels, with the government's GDP level also rising.
My Thoughts, Comments, and/or Reaction
If Cape Verde are able to sustain their resources without having issues with debt and the government, then that's fine. However, their government has been in debt at 78 percent of their GDP that year. Something would have to be done or else Cape Verde can't say "No resources, No problem" anymore.
Article's Relation to Politics
Although Cape Verde claims that they don't have a problem with the shortage of resources, their reliance of the investment program on the government has gained even more debts then before. Without the government doing anything, nothing can be done. People will have to see this as a rising political issue.