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Journal articles on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Leakey, Liambela Muyunda, and Mubiana Mubiana. "Consumer contracts under the Zambian Law: Does the legislation Provide Adequate Consumer Protection." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science 06, no. 04 (2022): 179–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2022.6413.

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Owing to the shift of the Zambian economy from a countrywide manipulative economic system to a free market economy, there has been neediness for the government to efficiently regulate the economic system to promote honest opposition and client safety. To achieve this, need the authorities enacted the Competition and Fair-Trading Act of 1994 which geared toward regulating anti-competitive practices and customer exploitations within the marketplace. Following some of the changes that have taken area within the Zambian financial system, Parliament enacted the Competition and Consumer Protection A
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Mildred, Chuunga Muhyila, Egret Chanda Lengwe Dr, and Edwin Bbenkele Prof. "Zambia's Strategic Roadmap for Thriving Aquaculture Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises." RA JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH 09, no. 07 (2023): 361–67. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8123521.

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At independence in 1964, Zambia inherited a dualistic economy characterized by foreign-owned industries, with the copper industry dominating and rural small-scale peasants, most of whom migrated to the urban areas in search of formal employment. From 1968, the Zambian government took over majority control (‘zambianisation’ or nationalisation) in some of the foreign-owned industries, but the rate of employment was not sufficient to absorb the rapidly expanding urban population resulting in a lot of people remaining unemployed.   A decline in international copper prices in
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Phiri, Gregory, Boyd Mwila Lumbwe, and Chilizani Phiri. "Determining the Predictive Power of the Gravity Model: A Case for Zambia." American Journal of Economics 8, no. 4 (2024): 49–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.47672/aje.2524.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive power of the gravity model in explaining trade flows in Zambia. Materials and Methods: The study utilized panel data for the period 1990-2020 for the Zambian economy and its 15 top trading partners based on 2018 trade volumes. The data was collected from the Centre for Prospective Studies and International Studies for International Information (CEPII) Gravity Database. The study employed the gravity equation to predict trade flows in Zambia. Findings: The empirical results show that the gravity model accurately predicts Zambia'
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MTIKI, LWAZI. "Mineral Resource Management and Economic Growth: What Zambia Should Learn from Chile." Journal of Economics, Finance and Accounting Studies 4, no. 2 (2022): 191–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.32996/jefas.2022.4.2.15.

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Natural resource dependent economies are totted of being in a cycle of economic boom and slump, the natural resource curse. This paper looks at natural resource management and compares the relations between prices of copper and macroeconomic performance in Chile and Zambia, two copper-rich countries with contrasting fortunes. It explores the fiscal policies and mining taxes regimes, and non-fiscal benefits of mining. Eleven indicators are used to compare the macroeconomic performance of the two countries and domestic and external macroeconomic volatility and its possible source in the countrie
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Wezi, Kachinda, Chimvwele N. Choopa, Nsamba Saboi, et al. "Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Livestock in Zambia." Journal for Research in Applied Sciences and Biotechnology 3, no. 2 (2024): 220–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.55544/jrasb.3.2.39.

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The global livestock industry grapples with formidable challenges stemming from the escalation and dissemination of infectious diseases. Zambia, an agricultural cornerstone where livestock is pivotal for economic sustenance and food security, confronts the imperative task of effectually surveilling and managing infectious diseases. This study investigates into the possibilities of the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for infectious disease surveillance in the Zambian livestock sector. The study meticulously scrutinizes the prevailing state of infectious disease surveillance, evaluat
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Kydd, Jonathan. "Coffee After Copper? Structural Adjustment, Liberalisation, and Agriculture in Zambia." Journal of Modern African Studies 26, no. 2 (1988): 227–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00010454.

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In contrast to its policies in the economic sphere, Zambia has one of Africa's most liberal approaches to press freedom. To convey the flavour of public debate during, or immediately after, the 19-month experiment with a market-determined exchange rate, 10 quotations are presented below:Large scale mining will continue for 12 to 20 years, but small-working may go on for 50–60 years.– Francis Kaunda, Chairman, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines, June 1987.Coffe after copper.– Campaign slogan of the Coffee Growers Committee of the Commercial Farmers' Bureau.Even real socialist countries have to fi
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Andronova, Inna V., Lubinda Haabazoka, and Aaron Mwewa Kasonde. "The government policy of Zambia on attracting foreign direct investment and its effectiveness." RUDN Journal of Economics 30, no. 1 (2022): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2022-30-1-33-44.

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Investment policy has always played one of the most important roles in the development of the national economy. Foreign direct investment is interconnected with the activities of multinational companies and the opportunities that can be obtained by the host country. The article reveals the investment policy of Zambia and the role played by the public sector in it. The identified competitive advantages prove that Zambia has significant investment potential even though the country does not have direct access to the sea. Significant reserves of mineral raw materials confirm the energy and resourc
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Andronova, Inna V., Lubinda Haabazoka, and Aaron Mwewa Kasonde. "The government policy of Zambia on attracting foreign direct investment and its effectiveness." RUDN Journal of Economics 30, no. 1 (2022): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2329-2022-30-1-33-44.

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Investment policy has always played one of the most important roles in the development of the national economy. Foreign direct investment is interconnected with the activities of multinational companies and the opportunities that can be obtained by the host country. The article reveals the investment policy of Zambia and the role played by the public sector in it. The identified competitive advantages prove that Zambia has significant investment potential even though the country does not have direct access to the sea. Significant reserves of mineral raw materials confirm the energy and resourc
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Hamusokwe, Basil N. "Theoretical Perspectives: Towards a Zambian Political Economy of Communication." Communicatio 44, no. 2 (2018): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02500167.2018.1493522.

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Scarritt, James R. "President Kenneth Kaunda's Annual Address to the Zambian National Assembly: a Contextual Content Analysis of Changing Rhetoric, 1965–83." Journal of Modern African Studies 25, no. 1 (1987): 149–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00007655.

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Most writers on Zambia are agreed that President Kenneth Kaunda has grown more powerful over the last two decades by having learned to deal with changing circumstances, and that he has developed a unique position as an able and trusted mediator among political factions. There is also a consensus among those authors, however, that Kaunda's powers are rather severely constrained by the bourgeoisie-in-formation, by the weakening of the governing United National Independence Party (U.N.I.P.), by a declining economy, and by a difficult international environment, and that these limitations are growi
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Mulusa, L. M. "The impact of South African firms on the liberalised Zambian economy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20936.

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Assignment (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While admitting that the ambitious privatization programme embarked on from 1991 to date in Zambia has contributed to unemployment largely due to the closure of privatized parastatal companies, post-privatization business conduct of investors need analyzing in order to understand why the expected economic growth and job creation in the country has never taken place. In this article the role the local political leadership, globalization and the tendency towards misplaced policy formulation play in driving the state of u
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Mwanawina, Inyambo. "An input-output and econometric approach to analysing structural change and growth strategies in the Zambian economy." Konstanz : Hartung-Gorre, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/25009094.html.

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Pamu, Mulenga Emmanuel. "Effects of external shocks, external debt and stabilisation policies on the Zambian economy : design, perception and reality." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.271635.

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Maccaferri, Cristian. "Valorization and recycling of raw materials through a waste management system, case of study Koinonia Community, Lusaka, Zambia." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/13571/.

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This thesis presents the implementation and the optimization of a waste management system (WMS) in the Koinonia community (that is sited in the Chilanga district near Lusaka), showing the challenges that must be faced, implementing a WMS in a developing country. In the first part of the thesis it will be contextualized the waste management in the Zambian economy showing how a diversification involving the it could fit with the needs of the Nation. In the second part it will be treated the waste management hierarchy through the illustration of some European policies (like Circular Economy Packa
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Aron, Janine. "Economic policy in a mineral-dependent economy : the case of Zambia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333241.

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Kasonde, Clement 1968. "The challenges of minimum wage policy = a zambian perspective = Os desafios da política de salário mínimo: uma perspectiva zambiana." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/286503.

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Orientador: Carlos Salas Paez<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T15:11:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Kasonde_Clement_M.pdf: 2543320 bytes, checksum: c5a650cf010e5208fc95d2c67b9ae94a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: De acordo com (CSO-LFS 2012), o governo da República da Zâmbia formula políticas empregatícias para melhorar as relações e condições de trabalho. Essas políticas também têm como objetivo reduzir a pobreza através da criação de empregos decentes para os cidadãos (CSO-LFS 2012). P
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Makan, Amita. "The impact of structural adjustment programmes upon the political economy of Zambia: a critical analysis." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003010.

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This study begins with a statistical survey setting out the parameters of Zambia's socio-economic decline in the 1980s. In order to unravel the complex reasons for the crisis, the study develops and employs an historical structural framework which emphasises the interconnectedness of historical, political, economic and social processes . Thereafter, an explanation of Zambia's political and economic development is presented as a background for understanding how and why the IMF came to play an increasingly decisive role in the management of the economic crisis in the 1980s. It is argued that pat
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Cunningham, Simon John. "Nationalization and the Zambian copper mining industry." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/32165.

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Barton, Stuart John. "A history of policy signals and market responses in Zambia's relationship with foreign capital." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709484.

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Mfune, Elizabeth. "Effects of an agribusiness collapse on contract growers and their communities : a case study of Makeni Cooperative Society, Lusaka, Zambia." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007627.

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This study assesses the effects of an agribusiness collapse, on the contracted growers and their surrounding communities in Lusaka Province, Zambia. In 2004, Agriflora Limited, a Trans-Zambezi Industries Limited (TZI) agribusiness in Lusaka Zambia was sold off. Agriflora Limited was one ofthe largest fresh vegetable exporters in Africa. It had contracted almost 500 small-scale farmers with 1-4 hectares of land within 50 km radius of Lusaka to grow vegetables for export. Makeni Cooperative Society was one of the targeted groups of growers. It grew baby corn, mangetout peas, and sugar snap and f
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Books on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Programme, United Nations Development, ed. Sectoral review of the Zambian economy. UNDP, 1988.

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Brooker, Stewart. The Zambian community and its economy. Kenneth Kaunda Foundation, 1986.

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Jalakas, Rudolf. Foreign exchange Zambia: An evaluation of the auction system in the Zambian economy. Swedish National Development Authority, 1987.

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John, Weeks, and United Nations Development Programme (Zambia), eds. Kwacha appreciation 2005-2006: Implications for the Zambian economy. United Nations Development Programme, 2007.

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Jolly, Kamwanga. Children's health state in a receding economy: The Zambian experience. Institute for African Studies, University of Zambia, 1990.

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Hamid, G. M. The impact of the recent world recession on the Zambian economy. International Labour Office, 1985.

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Chikuba, Zali. Used motor vehicle imports and the impact on the Zambian economy: A review. ZIPAR, 2017.

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Saasa, Oliver S. The Zambian economy in post-apartheid southern Africa: A critical analysis of policy options. Institute for African Studies, Consultancy Services, 1992.

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Chitalu, Lumbwe, University of Zambia. Institute for African Studies. Economic Research Group., and University of Zambia. Institute for African Studies. Division for Development Research., eds. The Zambian economy under the interim national development plan: A review of the first year. Division for Development Research, Institute for African Studies, University of Zambia, 1989.

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Mwanawina, Inyambo. An input-output and econometric approach to analysing structural change and growth strategies in the Zambian economy. Hartung-Gorre, 1990.

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Book chapters on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Zajontz, Tim. "The Price of the Sino-Zambian “Road Bonanza”." In The Political Economy of China’s Infrastructure Development in Africa. Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44449-4_6.

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Chan, Stephen. "The Political Economy of the Zambian Debt: Context, Restructuring and a Constrained Future." In Palgrave Studies in African and Development Economics. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93030-0_5.

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Chanda Chiseni, Michael. "Developmental Challenges in the Post-Independence Era." In The Economic Impact of Christian Missionaries in Zambia. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65304-9_3.

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AbstractThis book aims to explore the enduring influence of Christian missionaries in Zambia over the long term. Considering the longitudinal nature of this study, a crucial aspect is to provide an overview of Zambia’s economic development since gaining independence. In this chapter, the focus is on accentuating Zambia’s journey in the post-independence era, detailing significant economic shifts, and examining challenges encountered in the education and health sectors.
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Nakamba, Christine Chanda, Progress Choongo, and Peter Lubosi Simasiku. "Multi-national Buyer Firms’ Sustainability Requirements in a Developing Economy: An Explorative Study of Zambian Contractors and Suppliers." In Greening of Industry Networks Studies. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78791-2_7.

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Burdette, Marcia M. "The Political Economy in Decline, 1973-1985." In Zambia. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429267987-5.

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Burdette, Marcia M. "The Political Economy of the First Republic, 1964-1972." In Zambia. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429267987-4.

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Oyama, Shuichi. "Renewed Patronage and Strengthened Authority of Chiefs Under the Scarcity of Customary Land in Zambia." In African Land Reform Under Economic Liberalisation. Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4725-3_4.

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AbstractThe Zambian government enacted the 1995 Lands Act with the aim of stimulating investment and agricultural productivity. This Act strengthened the role and power of traditional leaders, particularly chiefs, as it empowered them to allocate customary land to individuals and companies, including foreign investors. In the Bembachiefdom of northern Zambia, a new chief issued new land rights and invalidated the land rights issued by the old chiefs. As a result, land owners with documents in the old formats were required to obtain new certification from the new chief. Concerned about the land
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Scott, Guy. "Zambia." In Economic Change Governance and Natural Resource Wealth. Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003421399-4.

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Mphuka, Chrispin, Oliver Kaonga, and Mike Alex Tembo. "Economic growth, inequality, and poverty." In Inequality in Zambia. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003241027-8.

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Chanda Chiseni, Michael. "Introduction." In The Economic Impact of Christian Missionaries in Zambia. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65304-9_1.

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AbstractAfter independence, there was growing optimism that Sub-Saharan Africa would break free from the shackles of economic stagnation and underdevelopment that had characterized the region for many years. However, the challenges of economic underdevelopment persist, and there are numerous factors that have been invoked to explain Africa’s lagging development. Christian missionaries, as colonial actors, have often been overlooked in attempts to comprehend their influence on the development of post-colonial Africa. These missionaries played a crucial role in introducing and providing Western-
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Conference papers on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Zarinkolaee, Mohammad Babaie, Mohammad Hassan Nazari, and Seyed Hossein Hosseinian. "Technical and Economic Comparison of Optimizing Hybrid Systems in Rural Areas of Iran, Honduras, and Zambia Under Various Environmental and Economic Conditions." In 2024 14th Smart Grid Conference (SGC). IEEE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1109/sgc64640.2024.10983548.

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Čerňák, Jozef. "The Role of Copper in Zambia." In EDAMBA 2023: 26th International Scientific Conference for Doctoral Students and Post-Doctoral Scholars. University of Economics in Bratislava, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.53465/edamba.2023.9788022551274.43-53.

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Natural resources stand high on the agenda of a number of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa (AfDB, 2013). Resource-rich countries usually depend on single main export product. Zambia being a member of both COMESA and SADC as two RECs in Africa has copper reserves of roughly 20 million tons and is the second largest copper producer in Africa. 70% of country’s foreign exchange revenue is coming from copper. When copper prices fall on world markets, this means lower convertible currency earnings for Zambia. Zambia’s dependence on copper makes the country vulnerable to commodity price
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Gaines, Stanley, and Sarah White. "Developing Nations and Developing Surveys: Measuring Inner Wellbeing in Zambia and India, 2010-2013." In International Association of Cross Cultural Psychology Congress. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4087/vwsb2238.

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In the present chapter, we summarize the results of a programme of research that we have undertaken concerning domains of inner wellbeing (i.e., individuals’ feelings and thoughts about what they can do and be) as experienced by individuals in villages within two nations in the global South (i.e., Zambia and India). Results of confirmatory factor analyses for Zambia at Time 1 (in 2010, n = 361) and for India at Time 1 (in 2011, n = 287) indicated that, although we had expected seven to eight intercorrelated domains to emerge, inner wellbeing was best regarded as a unidimensional construct. How
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Kumwenda, Buchizya, Fines Himaambo, Elizabeth Boby Samuel, David Mulongoti, Ndiaye Musa, and Pamela Misozi Moyo. "Techno-economic Analysis of Standalone Zambian Solar Home Systems considering the Geo-placement and Plot-area constraints." In 2022 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica. IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/powerafrica53997.2022.9905073.

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Bowa, K. C., M. Mwanza, M. Sumbwanyambe, K. Ulgen, and J. H. Pretorius. "Techno-economic Analysis of Refit For Generating Electricity From Renewable Energy Sources In Zambia." In 2019 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Power Engineering (REPE). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/repe48501.2019.9025158.

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Phiri, Dines, Mwamba Mutale, and Mwaba Kapompole. "Participation in Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training in Zambia: Are there Gender Differences?" In Tenth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. Commonwealth of Learning, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.3061.

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The 5th Sustainable Development Goal focuses on gender equality, which is to ensure no disfranchisement from participating in socio-economic activities based on their sex. In Zambia, the majority of learners in Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training registered institutions in highly technical progammes are mostly male. A number of women are denied the chance to achieve their potential in mostly male programmes due to societal stereotypes, lack of requisite school qualifications or self-intimidation. Some scholarship incentives have tried to encourage more women participa
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Reports on the topic "Zambian Economy"

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Shepherd, Andrew. Let's go double dipping! Supporting Growth from Below through Cash+. Institute of Development Studies, 2025. https://doi.org/10.19088/cpan.2025.007.

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In Zambia, economic growth is primarily driven by large-scale, formal investments in sectors such as minerals, tourism, and services. However, these sectors employ relatively few people and have a limited impact on overall poverty reduction due to weak economic multipliers. Consequently, Zambia needs complementary efforts focused on “Growth from Below”, small- scale, informal investments at the household level to effectively reduce poverty, particularly in an economy characterised by high inequality and a heavy reliance on minerals. According to the World Bank (2025), Zambia’s economic growth
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Hinfelaar, Marja. Political Economy Analysis of Pro-poor Policies in Zambia. Institute of Development Studies, 2025. https://doi.org/10.19088/cpan.2025.004.

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In 2024, Zambia experienced the driest agricultural season in over 40 years, with significant crop losses, increased livestock deaths and, consequently, worsening poverty. Over 9 million people in 84 out of 116 districts were affected. Rising inflation impeded access to food for vulnerable households Being dependent on hydropower, the drought resulted in an enormous power deficit. In 2024 and early 2025 Zambia experienced power cuts of 21 hours a day, disproportionately affecting small and medium-sized enterprises that cannot afford solar power or generators. A debt crisis has exacerbated thes
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Matenga, Chrispin, and Munguzwe Hichaambwa. A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Effects of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Zambia. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/apra.2021.039.

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COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The speed with which the pandemic spread geographically, and the high rate of mortality of its victims prompted many countries around the world to institute ‘lockdowns’ of various sorts to contain it. While the global concern in the early months following the emergence of COVID-19 was with health impacts, the ‘lockdown’ measures put in place by governments triggered global socioeconomic shocks as economies entered recessions due to disruption of economic activity that the ‘lockdown’ measures entailed. Data suggest
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Resnick, Danielle, Gilbert Siame, Peter Mulambia, Dorothy Ndhlovu, Beverly Shicilenge, and Bhavna Sivasubramanian. Deepening decentralization in Zambia: Political economy constraints and opportunities for reform. International Food Policy Research Institute, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.1335325.

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McKinney, James, Jacqueline Davalos, Naoki Saito, Vishal Subramanian, and Igor Zavyalov. Sustainability of China's Overseas Special Economic Zones: Zambia. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 2020. https://doi.org/10.63836/8tcs-cxz4.

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Research Institute (IFPRI), International Food Policy. The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation? International Food Policy Research Institute, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896292147_ch6.

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Niyonsenga, Seraphin, Paul Guthiga, Khadim Dia, and Aissatou Ndoye. Impacts of El Niño-Induced Drought in Zambia. AKADEMIYA2063, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54067/elnino2024insas.03.

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El Niño – induced droughts have inflicted a heavy toll on Zambia's economy, with far-reaching adverse effects on the most vulnerable due to failed crops and livestock losses. Over 50 percent of Zambia's population is employed in agriculture, contributing up to 20 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The present brief focuses on several spatial aspects of the drought that impact community vulnerability to shed light on hot-spot areas that require priority intervention and attention.
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Pruce, Kate. The Politics of Cash Plus in Zambia. Institute of Development Studies, 2025. https://doi.org/10.19088/cpan.2025.009.

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Social protection is now well-established on the policy agenda in Zambia, including various cash plus initiatives and social protection responses to shocks, such as the recent drought. This paper considers lessons from the success story of expanding social cash transfers in Zambia and applies these to the country’s current social protection context. Using a 3I(R) approach to political economy analysis, which focuses on institutions, interests, ideas and resources, the paper proposes a series of conclusions and recommendations drawn from this analysis. These include the value of consistency and
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Shepherd, Andrew. Zambian Poverty Dynamics and Climate Resilience: A Growing Policy Agenda Through a Period of Crises. Institute of Development Studies, 2025. https://doi.org/10.19088/cpan.2025.008.

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This report synthesises the key research findings of the Zambia Poverty Dynamics programme since the last national report in 2021, whose key findings and recommendations are summarised in Box 1.1. Many dimensions have remained the same; however, the main changes include: (1) a dramatic reversal in urban poverty reduction; (2) a very significant increase in new policy developments, especially in human development, although not yet in ‘growth from below’, but significant progress was achieved in fisheries with the return of fishing ban periods each year on major rivers and lakes to allow fish st
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Adu-Ababio, Kwabena, Evaristo Mwale, and Rodrigo Oliveira. Climate shocks and economic resilience: Evidence from Zambia's formal sector. UNU-WIDER, 2024. https://doi.org/10.35188/unu-wider/2024/534-9.

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