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Article

17 Jun 2003

Author:
Save the Children

Save the Children demands end to ‘resource curse’ on world's poorest children

Save the Children...is calling on governments and company leaders to seize the opportunity to increase financial transparency...With the spiralling situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo providing a tragic example, Save the Children’s new report - Lifting the Resource Curse - highlights the increased likelihood of private armies, corruption, poor economic growth and child poverty in developing countries with large, lucrative mineral reserves.