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World in Progress: DRC's problem with pensions

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, many civil servants are well past 70, sometimes even over 100 years old. They hold on to their jobs and their salaries, because they are not getting their pensions paid out. DW speaks to Stylianos Moshonas, postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp. Why are they not getting their pensions?

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