Editing Luanda (section)

===21st century===
{{see also|Luanda Agreement}}
After 2002, with the end of the civil war and high economic growth rates fuelled by the wealth provided by the increasing oil and diamond production, major reconstruction started.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/node/12009946?story_id=12009946 The Economist: Marching towards riches and democracy?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920042156/http://www.economist.com/node/12009946?story_id=12009946 |date=2011-09-20 }} August 28, 2008</ref>

Luanda has also become one of the world's most expensive cities.<ref name="ft">{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/505424e6-1455-11e5-9bc5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3d7FKVaI7 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210201209/https://www.ft.com/content/505424e6-1455-11e5-9bc5-00144feabdc0#axzz3d7FKVaI7 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |title=Tokyo falls out of top 10 most expensive cities - FT.com |newspaper=Financial Times |date=16 June 2015 |publisher=ft.com |access-date=2016-02-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:National Assembly Building (19898889148).jpg|thumb|left|The [[National Assembly of Angola]]]]
The central government supposedly allocates funds to all regions of the country, but the capital region receives the bulk of these funds. Since the end of the [[Angolan Civil War]] (1971–2002), stability has been widespread in the country, and major reconstruction has been going on since 2002 in those parts of the country that were damaged during the civil war.

Luanda has been of major concern because its population had multiplied and had far outgrown the capacity of the city, especially because much of its infrastructure (water, electricity, roads etc.) had become obsolete and degraded.

Luanda has been undergoing major road reconstruction in the 21st century, and new highways are planned to improve connections to [[Cacuaco]], [[Viana, Angola|Viana]], [[Samba, Luanda|Samba]], and the new airport.<ref name="otal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.otal.com/angola/ |title=OT Africa Line - Angola |publisher=Otal.com |date=2004-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618063941/http://www.otal.com/angola/ |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Major [[social housing]] is also being constructed to house those who reside in slums, which dominate the landscape of Luanda. A large Chinese firm has been given a contract to construct the majority of replacement housing in Luanda.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinainternationalfund.com/projects1.asp?Id=287 |title=China International Fund Limited |publisher=Chinainternationalfund.com |access-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618232837/http://www.chinainternationalfund.com/projects1.asp?Id=287 |archive-date=2009-06-18 }}</ref> The Angolan minister of health recently stated poverty in Angola will be overcome by an increase in jobs and the housing of every citizen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/economia/Pobreza-sera-combatida-com-emprego-habitacoes-sociais-diz-ministro-adjunto,d4542ae2-820b-4c6b-bdee-85dc280983b5.html |title=Angola Press - Economia - Pobreza será combatida com emprego e habitações sociais, diz ministro-adjunto do PM |publisher=Portalangop.co.ao |date=2010-05-25 |access-date=2010-06-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125155231/http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/economia/Pobreza-sera-combatida-com-emprego-habitacoes-sociais-diz-ministro-adjunto,d4542ae2-820b-4c6b-bdee-85dc280983b5.html |archive-date=2011-01-25 }}</ref>