V. Future Prospects
    Currently Sudan has been doing quite well as compared to their African counterparts.  The economy is relatively stable and the social conditions although troublesome, could be worse.  The concentration of growth in cities, particularly Kharoum has led to higher consumerism and boosted the economy within the city limits.  Sudan's trade relationship with places like China has allowed for this rapid city growth.  The emergence of powerful, economically stable cities poses a threat to those living in urban areas.  Many workers in Kharoum who live outside of the city are already suggesting that necessities such as food and clothing that they used to be able to purchase in the city are now coming at a much higher price.  Tourism has also increased and the need to obtain more is dominating, lending to the belief that a capitalist system may soon emerge.  The gap between the rich and the poor is growing.  As was noted in the section on economic changes, agricultural, a production sector contributing to over one fourth of the republic's economy will slowly be phased out in the coming years.

With the continued crisis in Darfur, and the turbulent and somewhat persistent conflict of the North and South regions recorded in the past, I believe that Sudan is likely to face some difficult times in the future.  I believe the disappearance of agriculture will lead to an increased humanitarian crisis on the grounds of hunger, the rise of capitalism in cities will provoke the uprising of rebel forces, and the state of the economy will decrease.  The economic difficulties are likely to cause other hardships in terms of availability to education and healthcare, and other both private and public troubles.  From examining the current state of affairs and making my own predictions, I suspect that Sudan fall behind many of the other more prominent countries of Africa. Many other African countries are expected to thrive over the next century by increasing their economic power, eradicating harmful infection and disease, and by making education more widely available.  The proressive movements of other African countries alongside the predicted future troubles of Sudan is more than likely to cause a shift in terms of the most wealthy and prosperous countries leaving Sudan in a struggle to regain their previous position (although their previous position was not all that desirable given the information on this website, with the projected information, it seems as though their previous state of affairs will have been far better than their future prospects).