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Publication - Policy Brief
Growth and income inequality in Zambia
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Publication - Policy Brief
Estimating the growth elasticity of poverty in Zambia, 2006-2015
This brief is based on the paper Economic Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Estimating the Growth Elasticity of Poverty in Zambia, 2006-15 (2017) by Chrispin Mphuka Oliver Kaonga and Mike Tembo. The paper measures the responsiveness of poverty reduction to growth in Zambia over the past decade using data from the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey.
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Project
Urban informality, tax compliance, and accountability in Zambia
What drives tax compliance among informal sector workers in Africa? And does taxation strengthen accountability between governments and the informal sector? These questions are hugely important in Africa for a number of reasons. First, the informal sector plays a critical role in contributing to structural transformation, particularly by facilitating production and...
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Project
Economic growth, inequality and poverty: Estimating the growth elasticity of poverty in Zambia
Zambia's economy has experienced strong growth in recent years, with real GDP growth in the period 2005-13 averaging more than 6% annually. However, despite this impressive economic growth, reducing poverty and economic inequality has proved challenging. This is evident from the fact that 60% of the population currently live below the poverty line and 42% are considered to...
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Publication - Project Report
Decentralisation in Zambia: A comparative analysis of strategies and barriers to implementation
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Publication - Policy Brief
Maternal mortality risk and gender gap in desired fertility
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Publication - Policy Brief
Electricity connections of firms in Lusaka
In brief: There is very limited information available on energy access of Zambian firms and this may inhibit design of appropriate policies related to productive uses of energy. A new census of businesses in Lusaka suggests that over 96.6% of businesses surveyed appeared to have electricity access. Comparison with data on existing...
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Publication - Project Report
Maternal mortality risk and the gender gap in desired fertility
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Project
Formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) through taxation: The case of Zambia
In sub-Saharan Africa, few economic activities have been more overlooked than artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low-tech, labour-intensive mineral extraction and processing. This has been a significant oversight, given the sector's growing economic importance: it employs an estimated 30 million people directly worldwide; creates jobs for an additional 300 million...
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Publication - Policy Brief
Urban density, trust, and knowledge sharing in Lusaka, Zambia