Zambia has been dependent on copper as a main source of revenue, since independence and at one time the Government owned the mines, while now they are in the hands of the private sector but the dependence-syndrome has continued.
Imagine if this syndrome falls away and the country starts looking elsewhere for major source of income. The status of Zambia being considered as a lower middle-income country will be change.
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