A State Affair: Privatizing Congo’s Copper Sector

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is among the world’s richest countries in terms of natural resources, but its people remain among the world’s poorest. In particular, the DRC’s mining sector has attracted billions of dollars in private investment, but these deals have generated limited public benefits. Poor governance has allowed the country’s largest state-owned mining company, Gécamines, to engage in opaque mining deals that fail to serve the public interest.

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