Zambia: Economic Development, Environment, & the Internet
- African Development Bank Group on Zambia (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
- The Bank of Zambia Home Page (Lusaka)
- Central Statistical Office, Zambia (Lusaka)
- The China-Africa Project: "Analysts Differ on What Happened in Zambia and China’s Role in the Burgeoning Debt Crisis," November 16, 2020. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
--See also: Jubilee Debt Campaign
- Civil Society for Poverty Reduction -- Zambia (Lusaka)
- "[Established in 2000] the CSPR is a civil society anti-poverty advocacy network of over 140 organisations working for pro-poor development in different parts Zambia."
- COMESA--Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka, Zambia)
- This site includes provides information on banking, online trade directories for some countries, and many other links with an emphasis on business and economic information. "COMESA exists 'as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. ...with its 19 member states."
- Zambia Home PageBasic country information and contacts.
- COMSTAT Data Hub
- CBT Desk: Cross Border Trade Desk at COMESA
News and business information: "this website is a 'resource' to help cross border traders in Eastern and Southern Africa to find an association near to them, to voice their opinions and explain what COMESA is doing in improving conditions for small cross border traders."
- Development Bank of Zambia (Lusaka)
- EITI--Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative : Zambia (Oslo, Norway)"Decreasing copper prices pose a challenge to Zambia's economy which is undergoing somewhat of an energy crisis at present [2018-19]. Over the past years, the government has made several changes to the fiscal regime for mining companies in search of optimising revenue over the medium term. Zambia EITI can provide data on the country’s extractive sector to inform the tax debate as it adjusts lower commodity prices."
--See especially: EITI reports and other documents - ELDIS on Zambia (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)Search for Zambia: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Zambia, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
- First Quantum Minerals (Toronto, Canada; London, UK)
- Warning: this is a commercial site. Formerly Adastra Minerals and American Minerals Field.
This is the public information site for a mining company with interests in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritania; see especially the section on "Investors" for news releases and financial reports.
- Warning: this is a commercial site. Formerly Adastra Minerals and American Minerals Field.
- Food and Agriculture Organization: Zambia (Rome, Italy)
- FAO on Zambia
- FAO GIEWS Country Brief on Zambia (2020)
- FAOSTAT (Current and recent statistics)
- See also: USAID FEWSNET on Zambia (2016) (below)
- Zambia in the FAO Document Repository
- FAO Aquastat Programme: Zambia, 2005A profile of Zambian water resources. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
- FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, June 2003See also: June 2002.
- FAO on Zambia
- Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (Lusaka, Zambia)"Established in October 2011, the IAPRI is a non-profit Zambian company limited by guarantee which collaboratively works with public and private stakeholders in the agricultural sector."
--See especially: IAPRI Policy Briefs ; IAPRI Working Papers - The International Monetary Fund: Zambia Country Info (Washington, DC)Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
- International Rivers: Zambezi River (Berkeley, California)
- Jubilee Debt Campaign: "Zambia's debt default," November 17, 2020. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
--See also: Debt Data Portal -and- Countries in Crisis (Ghana and Mozambiique)
- Zambia Land Alliance (See below)
- Lubuto Library Project--Zambia (Washington, DC; Lusaka, Zambia)"The Lubuto Library Project is an innovative development initiative that, in cooperation with governments, creates opportunities for equitable education and poverty reduction through model library services that: provide safe havens, literacy skills, and opportunities for educational growth for sub-Saharan Africa's street children, orphans and other vulnerable and out-of-school children."
- Lusaka Stock Exchange Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
- Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural Economics: Zambia Food Security Group (East Lansing, Michigan)Basic information about the project and downloadable research reports
- Republic of Zambia -- Ministries (Lusaka)
- Agriculture
- Auditor General
- Commerce, Trade, and Industry
- Community Development and Social Services
- Energy
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Finance
- Health
- Housing and Infrastructure Development
- Labour
- Lands
- Mines and Minerals Development
- National Development Planning
- Transport and Communications
- Water Development, Sanitation, and Environmental Protection
- Agriculture
- Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (Kiigali, Rwanda): "Conference on Transformation of Agriculture in Zambia," December 3-4, 2019, Lusaka, Zambia
--See also: Conference documents - United Nations Agencies on Zambia -- Economy (New York and Lusaka)
- UN Development Programme in Zambia (Lusaka)
-- Capturing Mineral Revenues in Zambia (August 2013) 28 pages in PDF format
- UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Zambia Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
- UN Development Programme in Zambia (Lusaka)
- United States Agencies on Zambia (Washington, DC)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Zambia
- USAID on Zambia -- Country Information
- USAID Global Health on Zambia
- Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)Search the entire database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Zambia.
- FEWSNET--Famine Early Warning System Network: Zambia Center (2017)
Current news and analysis of the food security situation in Zambia -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to the rest of FEWS NET resources.-- See also: FEWSNET Southern Africa Regional Center
- United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
- United States. Department of State.
- US Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia: Current business information and resources
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Zambia
- The World Bank on Zambia (Washington, DC)
- The World Bank in Zambia, 1999-A brief country profile, project reports, news, and related links.
- Monitoring COVID-19 Impacts on Households in Zambia (July 2020)
- What is the potential for more copper fabrication in Zambia? (June 2011)
78 pages in PDF format - What would it take for Zambia's copper mining industry to achieve its potential? (June 2011)
78 pages in PDF format - What would it take for Zambia's tourism industry to achieve its potential? (June 2011)
16 pages in PDF format
- Zambia Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, 2004
- The World Bank in Zambia, 1999-
- Zambia Land Alliance (Lusaka)"ZLA is a network of NGOs working for just land policies and laws that take into account the interests of the poor. The organization promotes secured access, ownership and control over land through lobbying and advocacy, research and community participation."
--See especially: Resources (including land legislation) -and- ZLA Publications. - ZAMNET Communication Systems, Ltd. (Lusaka)Links to Internet services in Zambia and a general gateway to news, businesses, and all sorts of Zambia-related information on the Internet.