This report provides an overview of Zambia's labor market, highlights key potential sectors for future economic … training (TEVET) system as it seeks to respond to these developments. A key finding of the report is that Zambia's demographic … ecosystem in Zambia, and in particular the TEVET system, faces capacity constraints regarding the provision of quality and …

agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often vulnerable, smallholders. The authors investigate the connection between … the dynamics of the cotton sector and the dynamics of poverty and evaluate to what extent cotton can work as a vehicle for … poverty alleviation. They find that cotton can indeed act as an effective mechanism for increased household welfare. They also …

The country water resources assistance strategy for Zambia provides an analysis of the role of water in the economy and … assistance. Zambia lies entirely within the catchments of the Zambezi and Congo rivers and all internal runoff is shared by … provides an important context for any water resources development. Zambia has played an important role in development of the …

begins with a discussion about the public sector and poverty reduction. At the heart of Zambia's loss of economic momentum … Zambia. A profile of the poor in Zambia is presented in Chapter 3, which analyzes poverty along three critical dimensions …The report documents poverty in Zamia along a number of dimensions, including material deprivation, human deprivation …

This study estimates the contribution of nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and poverty reduction as … information, the two chapters profile the tourism industry in Zambia and analyze the barriers to growth. The chapter four … of Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) during its first five year of existence, and explores the current state of the …

As in many countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and around the developing world, poverty in Zambia is overwhelmingly … a rural phenomenon. In 2010 the moderate poverty rate in rural areas was 74 percent, more than double the urban poverty ….7 percent, and by 2011 the World Bank recognized Zambia as a middle-income country. Rising incomes have been densely …

At the heart of the growth problem, the persistence of poverty, and issues of policy reform in Zambia is the public …) strategic priority setting (the allocation problem); and 3) efficient public-service delivery (the execution problem). Zambia … are vital to the success of Zambia's public sector reform program. All three areas, particularly the allocation and …

This research report examines the technical efficiency and impact of the Zambia Fertilizer Support Program (FSP). The … FSP was launched by the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) in 2002 as a temporary measure to provide subsidized … of agriculture input subsidies in Zambia. The request for this attests to the Zambian Government's commitment to …