| | | Title | IN THE EYE OF A STORM: The impact of the economic slowdown on the labour market in Zambia | | Author | ZIPAR | | Subject | Labour Market | | Date of Publication | 2016 | | Publisher | Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) | | Number of Pages | 20 pages | | Language | English | | Geographical Coverage | Zambia | | Keywords | Economic Development, Employment, Jobs | | Abstract | The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) launched a flagship project on employment – More and Better Jobs – in June 2015. At that point, with the Zambian economy having experienced impressive growth rates over a long period of time, the central question was how to ensure job rich growth.1 Soon after the project’s launch however, the Zambian economy took a turn for the worse. The economic context has deteriorated substantially. The Ministry of Finance has revised down their projected growth rates for 2015 to 3.6% for the first time since 1998.2 This slowdown has been driven by some well-documented factors, some from outside Zambia (for example, falling copper prices, falling Chinese demand, and a weakening Kwacha) and also some ‘internal’ factors (load shedding being the most important). | | Copyright Holder | Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) | | Copyright URL | http://www.zipar.org.zm | | Filesize | 1315152 MB | | File Format | PDF | | [ View / download original document ] |
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