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A Copper-Bottomed Crisis? The Impact of The Global Economic Meltdown On Zambia by Oxfam is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The global economic crisis is having a serious impact on Zambia. In international trade, Zambia is a one-product economy. Copper accounts for some 70% of its exports, and prices have collapsed. If they stay at their current level, exports will halve in 2009. The most immediate social impact has been the loss of some 5,000 out of a total of some 30,000 mining jobs. Based the author

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Oxfam

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