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Author: Ben Radley

Ben Radley

Ben Radley is a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. He focuses on the political economy of mining, multinationals and development in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: USAID.
    Congo-KinshasaEconomy
    By Ben Radley
    March 29, 2018
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    Why mining execs don’t care if Congo hikes up its profit tax

    Thanks to clever accounting methods, mining companies tend to run at a loss so avoiding paying it anyway. On 9 March, just two days after a ...
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