Roundtable on Zambia’s constituency development fund
Felix Nkulukusa
Secretary to the Treasury of the Government of Zambia
Chipokota Mwanawasa
Special Assistant for Public Policy to the President of Zambia
Patrick Kangwa
Acting Secretary to Cabinet of the Government of Zambia
Shahrukh Wani
Country Manager, Zambia, International Growth Centre
Katherine E Casey
Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University
Jeremy Bowles
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford UniversityThe International Growth Centre (IGC) hosts a closed-door roundtable to bring together government officials, researchers, and development partners to discuss the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) with a focus on the practical barriers faced in its implementation.
Zambia has expanded the CDF in the 2022 budget by 1600%, making it the cornerstone government program for deconcentrated public spending. To support the effective implementation and evaluation of the CDF, the Government of Zambia and the IGC have established a multi-year learning partnership that aims to leverage data and evidence to inform the CDF’s design.
This roundtable follows the conclusion of Phase I of this partnership which identifies barriers to the CDF’s implementation through a major nationwide survey.
The closed-door roundtable includes representatives of the State House, Ministry of the Local Government and Rural Development, the Ministry of Finance and National Planning and the Decentralisation Secretariat, along with researchers affiliated with the IGC and representatives of major development agencies.
Date: Wednesday, 21st September 2022
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
This is a closed-door invite-only event. Please email [email protected] for further information.