The development projects are funded with outside donations and loans, all of which are in arrears. Sudan remains a net-importer of food. The South will be the subject of a referendum in 2011, which will likely halve the size of the country. Darfur remains an issue, and could conceiveably become autonomous.
Without oil, the Sudan has no net export economy and will have no means of repaying it's loans:
http://open-site.org/Regional/Africa/Su ... my/Economy
"Sudan produces about 312,000 barrels per day (b/d) of oil, which brought in about $1.9 billion in 2003 and provides 70% of the country’s total export earnings. These earnings could rise to an estimated $2 billion by the end of 2004. The oil production is expected to reach 500,000 barrels by 2005. However, without a swift resolution of its 20-year civil war, the country and its people will continue to reap little benefit from its natural resources, its infrastructure will continue to deteriorate, oil production and exports will at best remain stagnant in the next few years, and Sudan will never be able to attain its export and development potential.
In 2000-01 Sudan’s current account entered surplus for the first time since independence. In 1993, currency controls were imposed, making it illegal to possess foreign exchange without approval. In 1999, liberalization of foreign exchange markets ameliorated this constraint somewhat. Exports other than oil are largely stagnant. However, the small industrial sector remains in the doldrums, spending for the war continues to preempt other social investments, and Sudan’s inadequate and declining infrastructure inhibits economic growth. "