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Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Zambia during the 1990s

Identifying winners and losers in southern Africa from globalisation : integrating findings from GTAP and poverty case studies on global trade policy reform

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Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Zambia During the 1990s

Published by: IDS

Since the early 1990s, the Zambian government has undertaken major economic reforms. A sharp stabilisation early in the decade was followed by reforms in agricultural marketing, a large privatisation programme, sweeping trade policy reforms and reforms to the public sector.

Gender and Primary Schooling in Zambia

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This Report is from the project 'Gender and Primary Schooling in Africa'. This report focuses Zambia

Health Reformers’ Response to Zambia’s Childhood Mortality Crisis

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This study examines the reasons for the rise in the Zambian under-five mortality during the 1990s, paying particular attention to the relevance and effectiveness of health sector reform strategies and their impact on ordinary Zambians.

The Reasons for the Rise in Childhood Mortality During the 1980s in Zambia

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Between 1980 and 1991 the proportion of Zambian children dying before reaching five years of age rose from 15 to 19 percent. This paper explores why this happened. There are no data on trends in morbidity.

Financial Policies and the Banking System in Zambia

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For over 20 years until the early 1990s Zambia had entailed extensive government ownership and administrative controls over markets, including financial and banking markets. Interventionist policies, combined with a steep fall in the external terms of trade, led to economic decline.

Gender Profile of Zambia

What is the present state of gender relations in Zambia? Has economic recession and adjustment impacted differently on women and men? Like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia has adopted structural adjustment and liberalisation measures in order to pull itself out of severe economic recession.

The Role of Commercial Banking in Recovery from Economic Disaster in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

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Agricultural Pricing Policy in Africa: Four Country Case Studies

This book contains a detailed analysis of agricultural marketing policy and its consequences in Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Case studies explore the various effects of these policies on farmers' livelihoods.