OTHER than wars, natural calamities like disasters, one major outstanding problem facing humanity today is poverty. However, the former reinforces the latter. As opposed to the first two problems, ...

A DISAPPROVING feature that has made Africa stand out for many decades is poverty that has now fuelled massive unemployment. That is despite the fact that there is no poverty of effort among the many ...

This paper discusses implementation of the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP) in Zambia. The planning process of the FNDP integrated views from the Provincial and District Development Plans ...

LUSAKA, June 13, 2017 – The World Bank today launched new reports confirming that Zambia needs a lot more jobs and created at a much faster pace. They also need to be of jobs with higher wages for the ...

This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) focuses on the Second Annual Progress Report for Zambia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The government’s strategy to reduce poverty focuses on ...

The overall poverty rate in Zambia is 57.5% and as high as 84.3% in Eastern Province. Rural communities in Eastern Province are among the world’s most vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate ...

New Zambia blog discusses the work of the Central Statistical Office in Zambia: “The Central Statistical Office have been doing some brilliant work to bring to life some of their data. There's still ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Catholic bishops from Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe have reaffirmed their commitment to establishing a sub-regional Catholic bishops’ conference to address shared challenges. This ...

LUSAKA, March 5 (Reuters) - The European Union (EU) has approved a 225 million euro ($283.1 million) financing package for Zambia to help the country lift millions of its people out of poverty, ...

In this article, we discuss the 30 Countries With Extreme Poverty. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the subject, you can go directly to 10 Countries With Extreme Poverty. The World ...

In this article, we shall discuss the world’s 50 poorest countries based on percentage of population living below the poverty line. To skip our detailed analysis of global poverty and the efforts ...

Experts say the crisis is even more devastating to Zambia's economy and fight against poverty than COVID-19 lockdowns. Zambia is seeing its worst electricity blackouts in memory due to a severe ...