Ethical confusion in the Congo

Tailings

Publishing Date: 11 Jul 2008 12:00am GMT
Issue/Supplement: MEM Magazine: 11 Jul 2008
Author: JULIET LEPKER

IS THIS an example of non-government organisations (NGOs) barking up the wrong tree? Criticisms have surfaced recently in the British media regarding plans by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) to create a new partnership with its US counterpart, USAID, the government of Katanga (the mineral-rich southern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) and various mining companies to support development in Katanga

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