The economic history of the Kingdom of Belgium

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Belgium's workers ‘top performers’
Expatica, 26 August 2004. According to a new study by US research institute BERI, Belgium ranks third out of the world's top twenty industrialised countries when it comes to worker productivity.
Belgian chocolate makers attacked over child slavery
Expatica, 29 September 2005. Belgium's world-renowned chocolate could be linked to the murky world of child labour and slavery. It was often unclear where chocolate-makers got their cocoa beans from and whether their suppliers treated their workers ethically.