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Zambia - Country Economic Memorandum : Policies for Growth and Diversification, Volume 2. Annexes

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-05T16:25:33Z
dc.date.available2013-09-05T16:25:33Z
dc.date.issued2004-10-20
dc.description.abstractIn October 1991 Zambia moved to a multiparty democratic system. In the following years, the government implemented a number of policy and structural reforms, liberalizing exchange and interest rates, simplifying the tariff structure, and removing quantitative restrictions on trade, privatizing most state-owned enterprises, and substantially withdrawing from the agriculture sector. Despite these reforms, economic growth has remained lackluster, and poverty and social conditions have worsened. There are however, hopeful signs that increased growth and poverty reduction are within reach in Zambia. The country's economy has long been tied to the copper industry, whose purchasing power has been in decline for decades. But declining copper prices were not the only reasons Zambia's economic performance declined between 1991 and 2002. Excluding the one-time disruption in real sector activity in 1994-95, real GDP grew at an average annual rate of 3 percent during 1991-2002. The report argues that estimates puts its annual long-term growth potential at about 5 percent, implying per capita income growth of 2.5-3.0 percent a year, and, the reason why its potential is not being achieved, lies in several key problems, namely macroeconomic mismanagement, lack of ownership of reform and poor policy implementation, a weak investment climate, lack of good governance, and, the HIV/AIDS pandemic. And further asserts that central to the lack of macroeconomic stability - in particular to the high inflation and real interest rate - is the lack of fiscal control and commitment to fiscal discipline. Zambia's large external and rising domestic debt, combined with budgetary dependence on external financing, has constrained the government's ability to exert monetary control to achieve macroeconomic stability. The financial sector must become more efficient and capable of supporting private investment and growth. Key institutional and policy issues for immediate attention are creating a mechanism to resolve the debt of failed banks and state-owned non-bank financial institutions; upgrading the human and technological resources of financial system regulators and supervisors; improving access to financial services, in particular rural financial services; and, investing in financial system infrastructure to improve market data, and accounting and auditing standards. The report expands on the country's opportunities in the mining sector, particularly copper, but also on its rich reserves of gemstone minerals, as an opportunity for export diversification; in the manufacturing sector, specifically textiles, garments, and processed foods; and, in tourism development.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5442376/zambia-country-economic-memorandum-policies-growth-diversification-vol-2-2-annexes
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/15667
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15667
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL REFORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORM
dc.subjectLIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectCOPPER PRICES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC POLICY
dc.titleZambia - Country Economic Memorandum : Policies for Growth and Diversification, Volume 2. Annexesen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:26:48.375348Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Country Economic Memorandum
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/10/5442376/zambia-country-economic-memorandum-policies-growth-diversification-vol-2-2-annexes
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000012009_20041130104224
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5442376
okr.identifier.report28069
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/11/30/000012009_20041130104224/Rendered/PDF/28069120vols..pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryZambia
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: Central government administration
okr.sectorEducation :: General education sector
okr.sectorHealth and other social services :: Health
okr.sectorIndustry and trade :: General industry and trade sector
okr.themeEconomic management :: Analysis of economic growth
okr.themeEconomic management :: Macroeconomic management
okr.themeFinancial and private sector development :: Regulation and competition policy
okr.themeTrade and integration :: Export development and competitiveness
okr.themeHuman development :: HIV/AIDS
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicPublic Sector Economics and Finance
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development
okr.unitAFT: PREM 1 (AFTP1)
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