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Cape Verde
Inside this issue
• Emergence from poor-country status is just one of a number of milestones
• Ties carry special weight in a country with more of its people abroad than at home
• Cape Verde’s lifeblood is its musical heritage - -
Content
Breaking away from aid dependence
David White and Peter Wise on a remote nation that is placing its bets on tourism
Economy: Poor-country status is left behind
David White looks at a reclassification that carries potential costs
International relations: An array of special partnerships
Peter Wise looks at the country’s friends – ranging from China to Nato
Music: A rich storehouse of styles
Peter Wise hangs out in a club where the pulse quickens in the early hours
Property: Crowded by coast lined with construction cranes
David White reports on a bout of holiday-home ‘English fever’
Tourism: In danger of attracting too many visitors
In the transition period, there is no choice but to drum up volume, writes David White
Foreign investment: Big need for spending on basic services
Profile: Isaura Gomes, mayor of São Vicente
David White talks to Isaura Gomes, the irrepressible mayor of São Vicente
Migration: A pattern of clandestine boat traffic
Operators try to evade controls on more direct routes to the EU, writes David White
Jose Maria Neves: Making the most of ‘Atlantic vocation’
Peter Wise talks to the prime minister about new EU pact
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