World Bank2017-05-312017-05-312012-11-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26818With this first Zambia economic brief, the World Bank is launching a series of short economic updates that will be produced twice a year. Each brief will include two sections: the Bank's assessment of recent economic developments and outlook in the short to medium term; and its analysis on a specific development topic or theme. The authors expect these briefs to support evidence-based policy debate in the country, strengthen public demand for good policies and outcomes, and inform government policies and programs. In this brief, first section reports on Zambia's continued robust growth, fiscal outcomes, and capital inflows at the end of 2012 against the backdrop of performance of other Sub- Saharan and global economies. It stresses the need for the government to spend borrowed and own resources more prudently. While acknowledging continuing strong prospects for growth, the analysis highlights considerable downside risks emanating from global uncertainties. Second section covers basic human opportunities for children in Zambia. The opportunities approach is premised on the notion that predetermined circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, and family origins should not determine people's economic, social, and political success. A person should not have fewer opportunities in life just because she is a girl or born in a rural area. This is the core principle behind the concept of equality of opportunity and it is also the framework adopted in this report for Zambia. The analysis shows the extent to which basic opportunities for education, health, and infrastructure services in Zambia are influenced by circumstances in which children find themselves.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO SERVICESADEQUATE EDUCATIONAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTBALANCE OF PAYMENTSBANKING UNIONBARLEYBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC NUMERACYBASIC READINGBASIC SANITATIONBENEFICIARYBLUEPRINTBOND FLOWSBOND MARKETBORROWINGSBUSINESS CONFIDENCECAPITAL ACCOUNTCAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL INFLOWSCAPITAL MARKETSCENTRAL BANKCHILD CARECHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCITIZENSCOMMODITY PRICECONSUMER CREDITCONSUMER DURABLESCREDIT LINECURRENT ACCOUNTCURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITCUSTOMER BASEDEBTDEBT STOCKDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIETDISEASESDISPOSABLE INCOMEDISSEMINATIONDIVERSIFICATIONDOMESTIC DEBTDRINKING WATERECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITYEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SPENDINGEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTSEMERGING ECONOMIESEMPLOYEEENROLLMENTENROLLMENT OF CHILDRENEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIESEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITYEXCLUSIONEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL DEBTFAMILIESFAMILY STRUCTUREFARMERFARMERSFINANCESFINANCIAL ACCOUNTFINANCIAL ASSETSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MARKETFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SERVICESFISCAL POLICYFISHINGFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFORESTRYFORMAL SCHOOLINGGENDERGLOBAL ECONOMIESGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL TRADEGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTSGOVERNMENT EXPENDITUREGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT FINANCESGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT POLICYGOVERNMENT SPENDINGGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEALTH CAREHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN POTENTIALILLNESSIMMUNIZATIONINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINEQUALITIESINEQUALITYINEQUITABLE ACCESSINFLATIONINSURANCEINTEREST PAYMENTSINTEREST RATESINTERMEDIATE INPUTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL BONDINTERNATIONAL BOND MARKETINTERNATIONAL CAPITALINTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETSINTERVENTIONSINVESTINGINVESTMENT PROJECTSINVESTOR CONFIDENCEINVESTOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIQUIDITYLIVING CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC INSTABILITYMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMALARIAMARKET BORROWERSMARKET PRICESMENTAL HEALTHMETALSMINESMOSQUITO NETMOSQUITO NETSMOTHERNATIONAL INCOMENUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITIONOILOIL PRICESOPPORTUNITY COSTPEACEPERSONAL LOANSPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLICY MAKERSPOOR NUTRITIONPORTFOLIOPORTFOLIO INVESTMENTSPRICE CHANGESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIVATE COSTSPROGRESSPUBLIC DEBTPUBLIC DEMANDPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SCHOOLPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF LIFERADIOREAL ESTATEREAL INTERESTREAL INTEREST RATESRESERVERESERVESRETURNRISK OF ILLNESSRURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONRURAL RESIDENCESAFE DRINKING WATERSAFE WATERSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL VISITSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSHORT-TERM CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL JUSTICESOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSOVEREIGN BONDSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONTAXTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHERSTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELEVISIONTERMS OF TRADETRADE BALANCETRADE UNIONTRADINGTRANSACTIONTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSPORTATIONUNEQUAL ACCESSUNIONURBAN AREASVILLAGEVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGESWASTE DISPOSALWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUTHReportWorld Bank10.1596/26818