In that lecture he gave us a salutary warning when he told us that: “the historical record of oil discoveries in poor countries is deeply worrying. Often oil leads to the curse of plunder: the few expropriating revenues that should benefit the many and the present generation unsustainably consuming revenues that should benefit the future.
Masayoshi Amamiya: Central Bank Digital Currency and the future of payment and settlement systems Remarks by Mr Masayoshi Amamiya, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, at the Future of Payments Forum, Tokyo, 27 February 2020. * * *  Introduction I would like to thank all of you for attending the Future of Payments Forum today.