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The boom-bust cycle of global copper prices, structural change and industrial development in ZambiaPart of Book Mining for Change
Part of Book Mining for Change
This paper is about understanding the cycle of global copper price booms and busts over Zambia’s economic history. We explore how the mining industry has been managed, and wider economic management during boom periods. We find that successive Zambian...
A total of 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on either education or health.UNCTAD, A World of DebtIntroduction Following a decade of rapid debt accumulation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, public...