Zambia’s people are blessed with copper. Yet with one doctor per 10,000 people and life expectancy a mere 47 years, who’s benefitting from the wealth beneath their feet? As with countless countries around the world that have a wealth of natural resources, Zambia’s mineral riches won’t last forever. Men and women in resource-rich countries are unaware of how much foreign mining companies pay for their birthright in the form of taxes and royalties. Without this information, they can’t call for a fair share of the profits to be spent on schools, hospitals and basic services like electricity. Support a law to open up the books. Call on the UK government to end this injustice today by supporting legislation that ensures all oil, gas and mining companies listed on the London Stock Exchange report how much they pay to foreign governments for access to natural resources.
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