Zaire achieved substantial economic progress until independence in 1960. But turmoil resulted from the social, political, and organizational vacuum left by the precipitous departure of the European cadres and settlers. A decline in agricultural production induced a process of rural emigration on one hand and a return to subsistence farming on the other. New investment in industry has had a limited employment creation effect because of high capital...
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1975/07/23
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Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
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821
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2
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2010/06/12
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Disclosed
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Sectors
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public use
Citation
Ear,Sophal.
Zaire - The economy (Vol. 2 of 4) : Sectors (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/595881468032379291