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	Zambias Economy - Go2Africa Zambia travel guide
		The wealth of Zambia is largely based on mining in the copper belt in the western region of the country.
		The main crops farmed in Zambia are corn, sorghum, rice, tobacco, sugarcane and cotton.
		Zambia still has large areas of unspoilt wilderness and has the benefit of being able to learn from the mistakes of their neighbours.
	www.go2africa.com /zambia/people/economy.asp (348 words)

	Zambia
		For many, Zambia is “the real Africa” with genuinely wild national parks, and some of the finest scenery in the region.
		Zambia’s economy is heavily dependent on the mining of copper, cobalt, and zinc.
		Zambia embarked on a privatisation drive of state-owned companies in 1992, a year after President Frederick Chiluba took office.
	us-africa.tripod.com /zambia.html (1642 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Zambia
		Zambia's fiscal burden of government score is 0.1 point better this year, and its monetary policy score is 1 point better.
		From 1995 to 2004, Zambia's weighted average annual rate of inflation was 19.44 percent, down from the 21.92 percent from 1994 to 2003 reported in the 2005 Index.
		Zambia also influences prices through its state-owned enterprises, which include (but are not limited to) state-owned enterprises in the railway, hydroelectric, and telecommunications sectors.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Zambia (1245 words)

	Zambia Case
		The declining economy forced the Zambian government to redirect its activities away from wildlife conservation to other pressing issues related to reviving the depressed economy.
		Zambia's depressed economy continues to hamper the government's ability to direct funds and other resources to affected areas.
		Although the poaching has been reduced in Zambia, a report released in early 1994 concluded that despite these arrests, poaching is on the rise in Zambia (Zambia's Anti-poaching...., 1994).
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ZAMBIA.HTM (3122 words)

	african hunting zambia quick facts
		Zambia is home to over 30 ethnic groups or tribes with the main divisions being Bemba in the north, Nyanja in the east, Lozi in the west and Tonga in the south.
		Zambia's greatest asset is her wildlife and proper, future-orientated utilisation of this resource should be a priority to the current government.
		Zambia was put on the map by British explorer, David Livingstone looking to establish a line of mission stations to combat slavery, seek the source of the Nile and spread the Christian belief.
	www.safaribwana.com /COUNTRIES/Zambia/ZAMpages/zamquick.htm (1442 words)

	Bankintroductions.com - ZAMBIA
		Zambia today is a growing democracy as the political environment has stabilized although the opposition is fragmented consisting of 10 political parties.
		ECONOMY: from year 1974, Zambia's economy turned south with the corresponding decline in world copper prices, the government then borrowed aggressively to maintain a standard of living that the country could not afford resulting in a delayed crash of the economy.
		Economically, Zambia will be a growing supplier of electrical energy to regional economies as Zambia is currently researching development into increasing energy output from solar methods in addition to looking at producing ethanol from sugar cane as an alternate to transport fuel.
	www.bankintroductions.com /zambia.html (1497 words)

	Zambia Economy - GDP, Budget, Industry and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Zambia qualified for HIPC debt relief in 2000, contingent upon the country meeting certain performance criteria, and this should offer a long-term solution to Zambia's debt situation.
		Zambia has the potential for significantly increasing its agricultural output; currently, less than 20% of its arable land is cultivated.
		Zambia's floating exchange rate and open capital markets have provided useful discipline on the government, while at the same time allowing continued diversification of Zambia's export sector, growth in the tourist industry, and procurement of inputs for growing businesses.
	www.factrover.com /economy/Zambia_economy.html (1106 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		We appreciate the work of the WTO Secretariat and the Government of Zambia in producing their reports on Zambia's trade policy and the discussant for his insightful and provocative comments and questions.
		The policies of the United States toward Zambia are based on firm commitments to the sustainable economic growth and development of least developed countries in Africa and elsewhere.
		We are interested, for example, in clarifying the Government of Zambia's statement at the August 2, 2002 meeting of the Negotiating Group on Non-Agricultural Market Access to the effect that that least-developed countries with weak industrial bases should be exempted from obligations to further liberalize industrial tariffs in the current round of negotiations.
	www.us-mission.ch /press2002/1023tprzambia.htm (861 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Zambia 'must diversify' economy
		Zambia's finance minister is pushing for the country to move away from its dependence on mineral exports in the wake of the collapse of its copper mining industry.
		Zambia's copper industry has also suffered a blow from mining giant Anglo-American's decision to withdraw from the huge Konkola mine on the grounds that production is no longer profitable.
		Zambia is suffering from acute food shortages and has received emergency aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2023190.stm (362 words)

	Zambia Home
		Zambia sits on a high plateau, sloping sharply in the north down to Lake Tanganyika which Zambia shares with Tanzania, Burundi and Congo (Zaire).
		Zambia became a busy slave-trade route with slaves being forced to march across Mozambique to ships that would carry them to the slave markets in Zanzibar.
		Birding has become popular in Zambia as there are over 750 species including a number of unusual species in the northern and western parts of the country.
	www.questconnect.org /africa_Zambia.htm (1435 words)

	Zambia ECONOMY
		The Zambian economy was in a precarious state during the 1990s.
		After steady declines in per capita GDP, Zambia was redesignated a least developed country by the United Nations.
		The first sign that tight monetary and fiscal policies were beginning to have an effect, was a rapid drop in the inflation rate, but by 1998, the rate had raised from 19% in 1997 to 31%.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Zambia-ECONOMY.html (316 words)

	NationMaster - Zambian Economy statistics
		Zambia is the 30th poorest country (this statistic includes ten territories which have no GDP).
		Using this criteria the Democratic republic of Congo is the poorest country and Zambia is twelfth.
		Using this criteria Gambia is the poorest country and Zambia is tenth.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/za-zambia/eco-economy (418 words)

	ECONOMY-ZAMBIA: China's Growing Presence Met With Resistance
		Despite the cordial relations that exist between China and Zambia, resentment towards Chinese businesspeople is widespread among small-scale Zambian businesspeople and poorly-paid workers.
		Neo Simutanyi, a political scientist at the University of Zambia, says the anti-China sentiment that Sata raised in the run-up to the election endeared him to many voters in Lusaka and the Copperbelt.
		Zambia is set to host the All Africa Games in 2011 but has no proper stadium for this event.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=35152 (928 words)

	www.businessinafrica.net \| economy One Zambia, One Nation
		By the mid-1980s zambia was the most indebted nation in the developing world.
		More importantly, the political structure of Zambia exists in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic with a constitution and three branches of government: the executive, legislative and judicial.
		Zambia has the opportunity to be a model for sustainable socioeconomic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: a place where people want to visit, companies want to invest and governments want to trade.
	www.businessinafrica.net /economy/231248.htm (1481 words)

	Tour Zambia Home Page
		The unit of currency in Zambia is the Zambian kwacha; which is divided into 100 ngwee.
		Zambia is one of the richest regions in the world for metal ores, but is rather under-exploited.
		The economy is also reliant on the extensive mineral resources (other than copper) of the country including cobalt and zinc; which account for another twenty percent of the GDP.
	www.tourzambia.com /zambia/business.htm (275 words)

	Lubasi Home - Livingstone, Zambia - Zambia Information Page
		Kenneth Kaunda led Zambia to independence from Britain in 1964 and was President thereafter for 27 years of which in the last years Zambia was a one-party state.
		Although Zambia has had several attempted coups, there has never been any serious civil unrest as in most of the surrounding countries, and Zambians have a reputation for cheerfulness and friendliness in spite of extreme poverty.
		Livingstone is one of the oldest towns in Zambia, and is 11km from the famous Victoria Falls.
	www.lubasi.org /about_zambia.html (408 words)

	Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zambia's politics takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Zambia is both head of state and head of government in a pluriform multi-party system.
		Zambia is divided into 9 provinces, each administered by an appointed deputy minister (essentially performing the duties of a governor).
		Zambia's population is comprised of about seventy-two Bantu-speaking ethnic groups but almost 90% of Zambians belong to the nine main ethnolinguistic groups: the Bemba, Nyanja-Chewa, Tonga, Tumbuka (spoken in the Eastern Province and eastern part Nothern Province), Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Nkoya and Lozi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zambia (3819 words)

	Zambia Travel, Zambia Safaris & Tours
		Zambia has an estimated 6% of the world’s copper reserves and copper accounts for approximately 90% of the...
		Zambia is divided into nine provinces and English is the official languages.
		Zambia has a relatively low level of crime with most offences involving petty thieving.
	www.bookinafrica.com /travel-to--zambia (860 words)

	Zambia - Economic History [ Biz/ed Virtual Developing Country ]
		Zambia's recent economic performance suffers from a mix of domestic and international unfavourable factors with serious budget problems for the Zambian government and relatively high inflation.
		The economy was hit by the pull out of the Anglo-American Corporation from the copper industry and the massive drought in 2002, however GDP and agricultural exports were boosted by improved copper prices and a good maize harvest in 2004.
		The most urgent issues for the Zambian economy are thus debt relief, combating HIV/Aids and a further reduction of its dependency on copper with the encouragement of private sector investment into export oriented agriculture, light manufacturing, small scale mining and tourism.
	www.bized.co.uk /virtual/dc/back/econ.htm (1343 words)

	WTO \| Trade policy review - Zambia 2002 - Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson
		Attention was given to Zambia's continuing need for trade-related technical assistance, with special mention of areas such as standards, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, and supply-side constraints.
		Zambia was commended for having made a serious effort to remove WTO inconsistent measures identified during its first Trade Policy Review.
		Zambia's struggle with health problems was pointed out as an example of the problems faced by WTO Members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities in the pharmaceutical industry.
	www.wto.org /english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp205_crc_e.htm (689 words)

	Economy of Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After independence, Zambia followed in the steps of the Soviet Union by instituting a program of national development plans, under the direction of a National Commission for Development Planning: the Transitional Development Plan (1964-66) was followed by the First National Development Plan (1966–71).
		A major switch in the structure of Zambia's economy came with the Mulungushi Reforms of April 1968: the government declared its intention to acquire equity holdings (usually 51% or more) in a number of key foreign-owned firms, to be controlled by a parastatal conglomerate named the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO).
		Zambia has yet to address issues such as reducing the size of the public sector, which still represents 44% of total formal employment, and improving Zambia's social sector delivery systems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Zambia (1928 words)

	Zambia's Economy - Xtreme Zambia
		Zambia is also one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most highly urbanized countries.
		Although agreements were reached on these issues, subsequent overspending on civil service wages delayed Zambia's final HIPC debt forgiveness from late 2003 to early 2005, at the earliest.
		The labor movement and other components of civil society have objected to the sacrifices called for in the budget, and, in some cases, the role of the international financial institutions in demanding austerity.
	www.xtremezambia.com /zambia/economy.html (833 words)

	Zambia Economy
		Zambia has yet to address effectively issues such as reducing the size of the public sector and improving Zambia's social sector delivery systems.
		Zambia's total foreign debt stood at about $7 billion when Zambia reached the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) completion point in April 2005.
		In November 2006, the Fund commended Zambia's macroeconomic stability and continued fiscal discipline, but noted lags in the implementation of some reform measures.
	www.traveldocs.com /zm/economy.htm (674 words)

	jctr.org.zm - Homilies
		To speak of the economy in Zambia, let me Introduce my presentation with mention of three books that have a particular focus on a people-oriented economy.
		The burden of restructuring the economy must not fall disproportionately on those who already suffer, this is, the poor, especially women, children, elderly and handicapped (e.g., removal of mealie-meal subsidies must be matched by measures which also ask sacrifices of the better-sectors of society).
		Every candidate should be evaluated on their views on the economy; every meeting with an MP or a government official or a party official should focus on their plans to bring greater justice to our economy.
	www.jctr.org.zm /publications/cst-economy.htm (2472 words)

	Economy Of Zambia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/zambia_country_economy.shtml (416 words)

	Zambia: Economy
		Zambia's economy back on the rails: Zambia's economy seems finally to have turned the corner.
		Missionaries, church movements, and the shifting religious significance of the state in Zambia.
		Zambia's democratic transition: the beginning of the end of the one-party state in Africa?
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0862057.html (277 words)

	Zambia Economy - overview - Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Despite progress in privatization and budgetary reform, Zambia's economic growth remains somewhat below the 6%-7% needed to reduce poverty significantly.
		Privatization of government-owned copper mines relieved the government from covering mammoth losses generated by the industry and greatly improved the chances for copper mining to return to profitability and spur economic growth.
		Definition: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization.
	www.indexmundi.com /zambia/economy_overview.html (214 words)

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