Emerging from all odds, South Sudan is driving on the road to peace and must therefore work on economic recovery and development, though problematics. However, the country largely relies on oil proceeds and hardly prepares for eventual exhaustion of oil as minerals are nonrenewable resources. Nevertheless, the country depends on food aids for now as local production has come to a halt due to extreme flooding and instability in some parts of the country. Thus, the supply chain front is controlled by humanitarian organizations with fundings from major economies and well-wishing international institutions as donors.

Moreover, the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) is striving to meet its obligations to ensure existence of modern infrastructures in form of roads and development of public policies. However, most obligations seem to be met through accumulation of external debts through loans from international financial institutions such as World Bank, IMF and other major economies. But external debts usually have interests attached to them and may end up sucking the public financial coffers dry. Despite endowment of the country with abundance natural resources and a very small population of only 12 million people, some speculations emerge that the country’s survival within her economic means is in jeopardy. Speculators cite delay payment of civil servants’ salaries and struggling of the government to subsidize essential commodities in the local markets as evidence of a looming economic downturn. To achieve the envisioned economic strategies, Delta Institute will in this case dig deep to provide in-depth strategic analysis and recommendations through research to diversify the economy and to alternatively explore ways to substitute oil sector contribution onto the country GDP once the latter get depleted.