The fighting has depopulated the countryside, turning what was a food-exporting country into one chronically dependent on aid.
With 1.2m Angolans uprooted by the civil war and already heavily dependent on aid, no one is keen to find money for an oil-rich government to rescue the victims of its urban gentrification.
* At least one million dependent on aid.
And, in the long term, whether dependence on foreign donations can be reduced.Afghanistan is hugely dependent on aid.
Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations on earth, and almost entirely dependent on aid; it is expected to pay just 20percentt of its own budget this year.
But the IRC warns that the country is becoming too dependent on aid.
"Just because you are dependent on aid doesn't mean you have to have a dependent mentality.
And as they grow, developing countries are becoming less dependent on aid.
Greece is a country dependent on aid, but would you call it a dependent country?
It has grown quickly and become less dependent on aid in recent years, not more.
Both also remain poor and heavily dependent on aid, so donors have considerable leverage.
