communication costs are very high; foreign direct investment is also very low. The main export of the country is copper. According …

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on choice of technology in copper mining and processing in Zambia - discusses production …

Zambia's strong dependence on copper exports has suppressed other tradables sectors, indicative of a Dutch disease … phenomenon. The current copper crisis will have strong economic effects, possibly reversing such Dutch disease effects. We use a … two scenarios that reflect the current crisis, a 20 percent reduction in world copper prices and a complete collapse of …