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Article: Putting the Congo together again. (Cover Story).
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- African Business
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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The Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the largest countries in Africa, cannot wait for nationwide peace before starting the process of economic reconstruction. The right elements are in place and multilateral agencies have restarted lending. But, as NEIL FORD explains, the direction of policy will be crucial if this richly endowed country begins to live up to its promise.
Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are higher than they have been for many years. With a variety of armed groups fighting new and ancient conflicts around the country, national stability remains a long way off, but economic reconstruction has to begin, with or ...