With voter registration due to end in late 2007, Angola's long-delayed legislative election is expected take place in mid-2008, to be followed by the presidential election in 2009. Given the powers of incumbency and its current political domination, the Economist Intelligence Unit expects the ruling Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA) to win the legislative poll. We also expect the Angolan president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, to stand in, and win, the presidential poll. Since oil production is set to rise strongly against a background of high oil prices, we expect strong economic growth over the forecast period, of 21.1% in 2008 and 12.9% in 2009. We expect massive government spending and buoyant domestic demand to keep inflation high, averaging 13.4% in 2008 and 14.7% in 2009.