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Batches of copper sheets stored in a warehouse at Mopani mines, Mufilira, Zambia. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

January 8, 2023

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

Twivwe Siwale, London School of Economics and Political Science and Eric Werker, Simon Fraser University

The coming copper boom presents Zambia with an extraordinary opportunity – not only to enable mining profits, but to power inclusive growth.

Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting. That’s led uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

March 10, 2022

The Russian economy is headed for collapse

Eric Werker, Simon Fraser University

With Russia’s “great power status” tied closely to economic power, the country’s crumbling economy is putting Putin’s claims to legitimacy at risk.

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