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This assessment of Zambia's investment climate highlights some of the impediments to growth and export diversification … collected for the purpose, namely, the World Bank's Zambia Enterprise Survey of 2008. The report is in two volumes. Volume I is …
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The size, resources, and location of the Democratic Republic of Congo have an impact on all of Central Africa. The country has unexplored mining resources, massive agricultural potential, and a population of more than 60 million inhabitants. The second largest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, the...
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This study examines the mining sector's potential to contribute to economic growth with governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the past, mining has been the main engine of the Congo economy. But the revenues and other benefit streams generated by the sector over the years have not...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the third most populous county in Sub Saharan Africa and has many natural advantages that would enable it to experience rapid sustained economic growth and rapid poverty alleviation. These include rich and diverse natural resources, such as mining and...
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The effect of foreign ownership in Africa is based on an analysis of survey data of firms in Zimbabwe, Ghana, and Kenya …
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In October 1991 Zambia moved to a multiparty democratic system. In the following years, the government implemented a … worsened. There are however, hopeful signs that increased growth and poverty reduction are within reach in Zambia. The country … copper prices were not the only reasons Zambia's economic performance declined between 1991 and 2002. Excluding the one …
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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 …
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