A peace agreement, signed last January, ended nearly two decades of civil war in southern Sudan and attracted billions of dollars of foreign investment.
A major reconstruction project is fuelling the economy, but many Sudanese are unable to take advantage.
Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Juba.
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