Money & Markets
Kleptocracies like to plunder oil wealth, but in DR Congo it’s an under-developed bargaining chipIn an office on a busy commercial street in Kinshasa, a range of oil officials are sitting around rather idle. They are geologists, lawyers, economists—a number of them being senior officials. The office itself is thankfully air-conditioned, but furnished with second-hand tables and chairs in various states of disrepair.
Updated July 21, 20228 min read