Democratic Republic of Congo > Snapshot

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a central African country of over 66 million people that has been embroiled in ongoing and violent conflicts that have killed over 5 million people in the past ten years, has struggled to grow its economy.

The DRC is rich in natural resources (cobalt, copper, industrial diamonds and coltan) yet has struggled to attract the foreign investment needed to productively and profitably extract the resources. Instead, the economy has remained focused on agriculture and little of the agricultural products are geared toward export. Agriculture employs over two thirds of the population and comprises of nearly 60% of GDP. The majority of agriculture is subsistence (cassava, plantains, corn, nuts and rice) while a few commercial agricultural businesses (rubber, cotton, sugar, tea, cocoa, coffee) formally employ workers. More than half of the land is covered by forests; it is expected that once the transportation infrastructure is upgraded, the timber industry will attract significant foreign investment

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