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Since the introduction of major economic policy reforms in the early 1990s, private investment, including FDI, have played a greater role in Zambias economy. This report undertakes an extensive examination of the patterns and trends in FDI in Zambia to date, and identifies actions needed to attract more FDI into the country and diversify its production and export base from mining to other products and services. The analysis finds that the impact of recent FDI inflows on the local economy has (eldis.org)

In 2000, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (MOER) established a cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) in Nepal and one with the Ministry of Education (MOEZ) in Zambia. This paper contains the case studies of these two programmes, which make up the second part of a Norad report evaluating inter-ministerial cooperation (IMC) as a model for capacity development. In Zambia, IMC consisted of a ministry-to-ministry cooperation, which included sharing of experience between colleagues, (eldis.org)

This country study from the UNDP's International Poverty Centre examines fiscal policy in Zambia, particularly how expenditure and taxation could be used to accelerate growth and reduce poverty. Drawing on results from a national study, the paper finds that: The Zambian government has little opportunity to choose its own fiscal policies, and is restricted by an array of external conditionalities HIPC debt relief will result in less fiscal space, rather than more projected G8 (eldis.org)

This policy brief encourages greater civil society involvement in debates around national grain (particularly maize) policies and regional food insecurity in Southern African Development Community countries. The brief argues that local evidence on the impact of national maize price and market policies can help to inform this complex issue and to address long term strategies for the region. The report summarises the regional debate over maize market reform which is sometimes characterised as technocrats (with (eldis.org)

This paper, from Human Resources for Health, explores biomedical and traditional health practitioners experiences of, and attitudes towards, collaboration. The paper also identifies obstacles and potential opportunities for collaboration in the care of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS. Focusing on two urban sites in Zambia, findings show that there is very little experience of collaboration. Although there is some collaboration through the training of traditional birth attendants (eldis.org)

LUSAKA Wednesday, August 26, 2009 (IRIN) - Zambian civil society fears the imminent introduction of legislation designed to regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that may compromise their independence and even result in a clampdown on their operations. (irinnews.org)

JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, August 19, 2009 (IRIN) - For thousands of years, subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa have been at the mercy of the voracious Red-billed Quelea bird; sky-blackening flocks of the tiny “feathered locust” still decimate fields across the continent. (irinnews.org)

DAKAR Tuesday, August 18, 2009 (IRIN) - On the first-ever World Humanitarian Day, as the UN spotlights fallen aid workers and growing humanitarian needs, experts say a trend toward integrating aid goals into broader social and security agendas has contributed to an erosion of “humanitarian space”. IRIN looks at why, and at how donors, UN agencies and NGOs might ensure that it does not shrink for good. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Wednesday, August 05, 2009 (IRIN) - The US should rethink subsidies for American farmers and relax stringent market rules, among other measures, to encourage trade in agricultural commodities from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), says an advocacy group. (irinnews.org)

THE International Monetary Fund has urged the Government to cut the public sector wage bill to free up some funds for social sector spending which will enhance economic diversification and poverty reduction.

By Nomava Nobumba 23 October 2009 Struggle hero Oliver Tambo will be honoured in Zambia tomorrow for his role in bringing about a democratic South Africa.

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has said he has no intentions of replacing Vice-President George Kunda with United Liberal Party president Sakwiba Sikota as reported in some sections of the media.

This not only launches the blue-chip groupa s operations in Zambia, but also introduces the first five-star luxury lodge to its growing property portfolio.

Zambian President Rupiah Banda said on Monday that his government is appreciative of the unique economic support the nation continues to receive from China.

THE business community in Mufulira has bemoaned the negative effect the dilapidated Mufilira-Sabina and Mufulira-Ndola roads are having on the cost of doing business.

LUSAKA, 14 October 2009 - The human rights record of the Zambian military is being tested in court by two former air force officers who allege they were fired for being HIV positive.

SPECIAL assistant to the president on policy implementation and project monitoring Ben Kapita has said there is need to set up a special infrastructure development fund for recently created districts.

PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the media can be a dangerous tool if placed in the hands of non-professionals, especially during election time when political tension is high. (AllAfrica)

THE issue of poor drainage systems in most towns in the country has become a perennial problem encountered every rainy season. (AllAfrica)

THE total expenditure of the Task Force on Corruption was higher than the recoveries made during the period of its operations, Home Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has said. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has challenged countries in the Great Lakes Region to tackle corruption, poverty, human rights violations and diseases that have dogged the African continent. (AllAfrica)

FORMER UNIP secretary general Grey Zulu is upset with a media reports that the Government regards him as a criminal when he has all along been receiving help from the State. (AllAfrica)

A CROSS-section of Zambians has condemned the smear campaign launched by some former Government leaders and members of the civil society against President Rupiah Banda's family and the Government. (AllAfrica)

ZAMBIA National Aids Network (ZNAN) executive director Elizabeth Mataka has called for the abolition of Parent Teachers Association (PTA) fees in schools to make education truly free for all. (AllAfrica)

CHIEF Mnkhanya of the Kunda speaking people of Mambwe District in the Eastern Province has said the man claiming to be Chief Tindi is his subject as that chiefdom was abolished in 1948. (AllAfrica)

POLICE in Lusaka have picked up four Zambians in connection with the killing an Asian woman and wounding of her husband a week ago. (AllAfrica)

ACTING Local Government and Housing Minister, Bradford Machila has directed the Lusaka City Council (LCC) to rehabilitate the dilapidated roads and drainages around the city before the onset of rains. (AllAfrica)

THE National Union of Communication Workers (NUCW) and Zamtel management have agreed on a conditional separation package to be paid to all workers before the firm is partially privatised, NUCW general secretary, Clement Kasonde has said. (AllAfrica)

THE Government has challenged civil society organisations and others disputing that K19 billion was used during the illness and funeral of late president Levy Mwanawasa to report the matter to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). (AllAfrica)

Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), generating cash incomes for millions of smallholder households and allowing the continent to capture a rising share of world trade in the crop. There are, however, concerns that declining prices and costs of inputs could threaten these positive outcomes. With cotton sector reform in much of SSA a decade old, it is now possible to begin learning from experience. This paper assesses the record of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, (eldis.org)

In response to predictions of an impending food crisis in southern Africa in 2005 - 2006, Oxfam deployed a relief response. As an alternative to emergency food aid, the agency undertook cash transfer schemes in both Malawi and Zambia. This paper presents an evaluation (undertaken in May/April 2006) of this endeavour, providing key lessons for the use of cash transfers in both short-term humanitarian crises and longer-term development programmes. The evaluation finds that, in both countries, the vast majority of (eldis.org)