Zambia: Building Prosperity from Resource Wealth -

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Zambia is a landlocked mineral dependent country in Southern Africa whose history is intimately entwined with the copper mining industry. Having gained Independence from Britain in 1964 at the height of a copper boom, the country experienced a slow and painful economic decline over the next quarter

Résumé :

• Part I. Growth strategies for Zambia


• 1: Michael Gondwe and Emmanuel Pamu: Harnessing Natural Resource Wealth for Sustainable Growth


• 2: Paul Collier: Zambia: A time of big opportunities and tough decisions


• 3: Adriana Cardozo, Gibson Masumbu, Chiwama Musonda, and Ga?'l Raballand: Growth, employment and the political economy of private sector development in Zambia


• Part II. Macroeconomic policy choices


• 4: Samuel Bwalya, Shantayanan Devarajan, Vinayak Nagaraj, and Ga?'l Raballand: Increasing Public Revenue and Expenditure Efficiency in Zambia


• 5: Robert Conrad: Mineral Taxation in Zambia


• 6: Christopher Adam, Ivan Zyuulu, and Isaac Muhanga: Monetary policy and the exchange rate in Zambia


• 7: Francis Chipimo: Financial Markets and resource mobilization in Zambia


• 8: Tukiya Kankasa-Mabula and Austin Mwape: Financial system regulation and corporate governance


• Part III. The supply side: production, trade and infrastructure


• 9: Christopher Adam, Alexander Lippert, and Anthony Simpasa: Mining in Zambia: Revitalization and the challenges of inclusive prosperity


• 10: Mulenga Musepa, Francis Ndilila, Sherman Robinson, and Jon Pycroft: Agriculture and land


• 11: Alan Whitworth: Energy policy


• 12: Ga?'l Raballand and Alan Whitworth: Transport policy


• 13: Massimiliano Cali, Emmanuel Pamu, and James Mwansa: Trade policy and trade facilitation in Zambia


• Part IV Public service delivery and the political economy of reforms


• 14: Nic Cheeseman, Robert Ford, and Neo Simutanyi: Is There a Populist Threat in Zambia?


• 15: Mike Bratton and Peter Lolojih: Rationality, cosmopolitanism, and adjustment fatigue: Public attitudes to economic reform in Zambia


• 16: Collins Chansa, Mirja Sjoblom, and Monique Vledder: Achieving better health outcomes through innovative strategies and results-focused interventions


• 17: Sylvester Mashamba and Paul Collier: Housing and urbanization in Zambia: Unleashing a formal market process