DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR THE DRC TO 2050

The report examines the 'paradox of plenty' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where vast natural resources coexist with extreme poverty and political instability. Using the International Futures (IFs) forecasting platform, the document aims to project the country's development path to 2050 and assess how specific interventions could help the government achieve long-term growth targets.

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo possesses significant global mineral reserves, including approximately 50% of the world's cobalt and 25% of its diamond reserves, as well as large quantities of coltan.
• Despite its resources, the country suffers from severe economic and human development deficits, ranking 179th out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index, with over 70% of the population living in extreme poverty.
• The DR Congo faces a critical humanitarian crisis, hosting Africa's largest population of internally displaced persons at five million people and having the world's second-highest number of people in acute food insecurity, affecting 15.6 million individuals.
• The report utilizes the International Futures (IFs) modelling platform, a global forecasting tool that integrates systems such as energy, environment, and economy, to generate a 'Current Path' scenario based on data from 1960 and policy choices from 2015.

APA

Yeboua, K. (2022). DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR THE DRC TO 2050. Institute for Security Studies. https://futures.issafrica.org/special-reports/guide.pdf?report=country/drc&topic=01-introduction

Chicago

Yeboua, Kouassi. DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR THE DRC TO 2050. Institute for Security Studies, 2022. https://futures.issafrica.org/special-reports/guide.pdf?report=country/drc&topic=01-introduction.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yeboua2022development, author = {Yeboua, Kouassi}, title = {{DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR THE DRC TO 2050}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://futures.issafrica.org/special-reports/guide.pdf?report=country/drc&topic=01-introduction}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }