Zambia Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2006 – 2010

Zambia Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 2002 – 2004

Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - July 2000

POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER FOR ZAMBIA A CIVIL SOCIETY PERSPECTIVE CIVIL SOCIETY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION (CSPR)

Republic of Zambia
http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/

Unicameral legislature:

National Assembly of Zambia
http://www.parliament.gov.zm/

The National Assembly of Zambia joined the APRN in 2005 and MPs, parliamentary staff and representatives have since taken part of various training sessions on Community Monitoring of Poverty.

Zambia chose to evaluate the government’s Food Security Pack program for their community monitoring pilot project. Going into several camps in Kafue District, researchers discovered that the Food Security Pack is useful in increasing food security of viable but vulnerable farmers; however, the program needs to be made more flexible in order to adapt to natural and socio-economic factors.

For more information about the pilot project, please contact: Ms. Monica Sampa, Committee Clerk: kapesom@yahoo.com

Official name Republic of Zambia Population 11,5 million (2006) Capital Lusaka Type of legislature Unicameral Women in Parliament 14.6% (2006) Major languages English (official), Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga % of population below poverty line 86% (1993) HIV-AIDS prevalence 16.5% (2003 est.) Literacy rate male: 86.8% female: 74.8% (2003 est.) GDP per capita $1,000 (2006 est.) HDI (2006) 0.407, ranks 165 out of 177 countries