Title: Zambia : building prosperity from resource wealth /
Authors: Adam, Christopher,; Collier, Paul,; Gondwe, Michael,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Natürliche Ressourcen.; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Economic development Zambia.; Natural resources Zambia.; Economic development; Economic history; Economic policy; Natural resources; Sambia.; Zambia Economic policy.; Zambia Economic conditions.; Zambia
Abstract: A rigorous analysis of the key economic policy challenges facing Zambia over the coming decades in the areas of natural resource management, agriculture, trade, employment and migration, education, finance and investment.
Contents: Foreword / by Alexander B. Chikwanda -- Growth strategies for Zambia: harnessing natural resource wealth for sustainable growth / Michael Gondwe and Emmanuel Mulenga Pamu -- Zambia: a time of big opportunities and tough decisions / Paul Collier -- Growth, employment, diversification, and the political economy of private sector development in Zambia / Adriana Cardozo, Gibson Masumbu, Chiwama Musonda, and Gaël Raballand -- Increasing public revenue and expenditure efficiency in Zambia / Samuel Bwalya, Shantayanan Devarajan, Vinayak Nagaraj, and Gaël Raballand -- Mineral taxation in Zambia / Robert F. Conrad -- Monetary policy and the exchange rate in Zambia / Isaac Muhanga, Ivan Zyuulu, and Christopher S. Adam -- Financial markets and resource mobilization in Zambia / Francis Chipimo -- Post-crisis financial system regulation: implications for Zambia / Austin Mwape -- Mining in Zambia: revitalization and the challenges of inclusive prosperity / Christopher S. Adam, Alexander Lippert, and Anthony Simpasa -- Agriculture and land / Jonathan Pycroft, Mulenga Musepa, Francis Ndilila, and Sherman Robinson -- Energy policy / Alan Whitworth -- Transport policy / Gaël Raballand and Alan Whitworth -- Trade policy and trade facilitation in Zambia / Massimiliano Calì, Chungu Kapembwa, and Emmanuel Mulenga Pamu -- Is there a 'populist threat' in Zambia? / Nic Cheeseman, Robert Ford, and Neo Simutanyi -- Rationality, cosmopolitanism, and adjustment fatigue: public attitudes to economic reform in Zambia / Michael Bratton and Peter Lolojih -- Achieving better health outcomes through innovative strategies and results-focused interventions / Collins Chansa, Mirja Sjoblom, and Monique Vledder -- Housing and urbanization in Zambia: unleashing a formal market process / Sylvester Mashamba and Paul Collier.