Zambia: Socialism Belongs to the Archives!
Editor's note: This is a guest post by Henry Kyambalesa (PhD), a resident contributor to Zambian Economist. He is a Zambian academic currently residing in Colorado, USA. The fate of less-developed...
View ArticleIMF on Zambia's Fiscal Deficit
The recent IMF Article 4 report suggests that Zambia will again exceed its fiscal deficit set out in the Budget 2014 :IMF stressed that the proposed 2014 budget does not take sufficient steps to start...
View ArticleChikwanda is Wrong
It appears that Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda is addicted to intellectual and moral error. Here is what he said recently in the Post on mining companies and borrowing :"...we are putting in...
View ArticleStadia Mania Zambia
Government is pressing ahead with construction of more stadiums in Livingstone and Mansa. The construction of a new stadium in Livingstone will start in the first quarter of 2014. The Mansa stadium...
View ArticleThe Auditor General's Report for 2012
Most pleased again to lay our hands on the heavily trailed Auditor General's report on the accounts for the financial year ended 31st December 2012. As always, well worth the read, and huge thanks to a...
View ArticleIMF on Zambia's Poor Financial Management
The recent IMF Article 4 report paints a bleak picture of Zambia's poor public financial management :"...The recent [IMF] assessment found a deterioration in [Zambia’s] Public Financial Management...
View ArticleThe Proposed Creation of INDECO
Editor's note: This is a guest post by Henry Kyambalesa (PhD), a resident contributor to Zambian Economist. He is a Zambian academic currently residing in Colorado, USA. This article is a response to...
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Democracy in Africa
Editor's note : The article below is taken from VoxEU publication 'Democracy in Africa' by Thorvaldur Gylfason, a professor of economics at Iceland University. A man's admiration for absolute...
View ArticleA guide to mining taxation in Zambia
I was looking through my papers from last year and I discovered that I hadn't shared this very helpful guide to mining taxation on Zambia. If I remember correctly, it has a particularly good section on...
View ArticleCopper Colonialism in Zambia
Foil Vedanta have today released a report (embedded below) on the operations of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in Zambia. The report reveals that, contrary to popular opinion in Zambia, Vedanta (KCM's...
View ArticleZambian Economist is 7 years old!
Zambian Economist celebrates its 7th year anniversary today! On 1 February 2007 I begun to write! Thank you everyone for your continued support! It is fair to say if it was not for your support I...
View ArticlePrices are rising!
Life continues to be challenging for many of our people. And all the signs are pointing to even greater challenges in the future as things become even more expensive.The price of maize is up! A 25kg of...
View ArticleGovernment by design
Editor's note : The article below is taken from McKinsey's publication 'Government by design: Four principles for a better public sector' by Diana Farrell and Andrew Goodman of the McKinsey Center for...
View ArticleZambia's Copper Risks
Copper prices are headed for the longest slump in 20 years, on signs of weakening demand after manufacturing slowed in China and the U.S., the world's top metals consumers. The metal for delivery in...
View ArticleIn Cryptography We Trust : A Short Guide to Bitcoin
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Michael Chishala, a Zambian writer and regular contributor to the discussions on the ZE Facebook page. Follow him on Facebook. What is Bitcoin?Bitcoin is a form...
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Wrong Priorities
I spent much of last year bemoaning the poor policy decision to award large public sector pay rise. These graphs below illustrates the scale of that mind boggling wage rise:.It is economic folly to...
View ArticleTechnical Compendium of Agriculture Statistics
This helpful technical compendium from IAPRI is intended to serve as a reference document for researchers and government officials. It uses nationally representative survey data to provide descriptive...
View ArticleLesson Learnt
Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda recently announced that no money has been saved from the removal of fuel and maize subsidies. There has been calls on government to explain how much it has saved...
View ArticleGoverning by decrees
The Zambia Episcopal Conference recently held a press conference at which they made wide ranging observations on where they think the PF administration is failing. The key paragraph that jumped out for...
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Banks and Credit Growth
The chart below is good news because we are witnessing increased delivery of financial services in rural areas through rapid expansion of bank branches. Current GRZ plans to improve titling of...
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