World Bank2024-08-142024-08-142022-07-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42044Over the past decade, Zambia’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been decreasing as a result of a devastating combination of external and domestic shocks. The country’s macroeconomic environment was weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the worsening fiscal outlook, the need for better investments in human capital has never been greater. Building human capital is made more challenging because quality services need to cover a large proportion of the population. The main objective of this policy brief is to assess the funding of pre-primary to tertiary education and how effectively resources are utilized. The 2016 to 2021 period is used for review.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOMACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)HUMAN CAPITAL AND GROWTHPOLICY MAKING AND POLICY COORDINATIONHEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATIONDISEASESDETERMINANTS OF GROWTHMARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND SHARED PROSPERITYJOBS AND DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHJOBS AND POVERTYCENTER OF GOVERNMENT (CG)PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENTMACROECONOMIC MONITORINGMACROECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL POLICIESECONOMIC SHOCKS AND VULNERABILITYPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONMACROECONOMIC VULNERABILITY AND DEBTNO POVERTYSDG 1GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEINGSDG 3DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTHSDG 8PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONSSDG 16QUALITY EDUCATIONSDG 4BriefWorld Bank10.1596/42044