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Botswana, DRC and Zambia most vulnerable to 'resource curse'

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 13, 2011 | 10:17 pm Africa Europe Latin America 

Oxford Policy Management published a new report explaining how low- and middle-income countries are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the "resource curse." The study charted the mineral dependence of nearly 100 countries since 1996 to assess their vulnerability to the resource...

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