Editing Arlit (section)

===Boom, bust and recovery===
In the late 1980s, Arlit suffered from a steep decline in world uranium prices, and the number of foreign employees in the town was cut to 700, a drop which has rebounded by the first decade of the 21st century.  The value of Niger's uranium "boom" has never recovered its 1980s level, causing dislocation and suffering for the tens of thousands of Nigeriens who flocked to the [[shanty town]]s surrounding Arlit.

Anger at the results of uranium bust, along with a belief that the best jobs were going to those from southern Niger, contributed to the [[Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)|Tuareg Rebellion]] of the 1990s. As late as 2007, Tuareg nationalists have made a fairer division of profits and jobs for local people a primary demand.<ref>[ l'Humanite, ] June 2007.</ref>

On a macroeconomic scale, Arlit can be said to suffer from [[Dutch disease]], or Dutch curse, a phenomenon where over-emphasis on one particular sector (commonly a highly sought after resource such as oil) hinders normal development of other sectors essential to an economy.