Description: Zambia - More Jobs and Prosperity in Zambia : What Would it Take? Based on the Jobs and Prosperity : Building Zambia’s Competitiveness Program

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Zambia - More Jobs and Prosperity in Zambia : What Would it Take? Based on the Jobs and Prosperity : Building Zambia’s Competitiveness Program

While Zambia's economy performs well, in macroeconomic terms, low levels of productivity plague industry, and this constrains growth, diversification and prosperity. In recent years, economic growth has averaged 5-6 percent a year, business re...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABATTOIRS ACCESS TO MARKETS ADVERSE IMPACT AFFORDABLE ACCESS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION ANIMALS ARABLE LAND ASSETS BANK LENDING BANK LOANS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BEEF BEEF INDUSTRY BEEF VALUE CHAIN BOVINE ANIMALS BRAND BREEDING BREEDING STOCK BUDGET ALLOCATION BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS INDICATORS BUSINESS PERFORMANCE BUSINESSES BUYER CALVING RATES CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARTELS CASH FLOW CASH FLOWS CATTLE CATTLE DISEASES CATTLE FARMING CATTLE HERD CATTLE HUSBANDRY CATTLE INDUSTRY CATTLE POPULATION CATTLE PRODUCTIVITY CATTLE SALES CERTIFICATES COMMERCE COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMERCIAL MARKETS COMMERCIAL VALUE COMMODITY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS AGENDA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION PATTERNS COPYRIGHT CUSTOMS DAIRY DAIRY FARMERS DAIRY INDUSTRIES DAIRY INDUSTRY DAIRY MARKET DAIRY PROCESSING DAIRY PRODUCTS DEMAND GROWTH DISEASE OUTBREAKS DISEASE PREVENTION DOMESTIC MARKET DRY SEASON EAST COAST FEVER ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RENTS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENTERPRISE SECTOR ENVIRONMENTS EQUIPMENT ESP EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTENSIVE GRAZING FARM FARMER FARMS FEED FEED CROPS FEED INDUSTRY FEEDING FEEDLOTS FEEDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FISHERIES FIXED COSTS FLOW OF INFORMATION FODDER FODDER CROPS FORESTRY GAME GDP GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL MARKET GOATS GOVERNMENT REVENUES GRAZING GRAZING AREA GRAZING LAND GRAZING LANDS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL HERDS HUMAN RESOURCE ICT IMAGE INCOME INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INNOVATION INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOINT VENTURE LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEADING INDICATORS LICENSES LIMITED ACCESS LIVE ANIMALS LIVE WEIGHT LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY LIVESTOCK MARKET LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVESTOCK SERVICE MACROECONOMIC GROWTH MAIZE BRAN MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEMAND MARKET POSITION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICES MARKET RESEARCH MARKET RETURNS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET TRENDS MARKETING MATERIAL MEAT MEDIUM ENTERPRISES METALS MILK MILK CONSUMPTION MILK PRODUCTION MINES MONOPOLIES MULTIPLIER EFFECTS NATIONAL HERD NATURAL PASTURE NATURAL RESOURCES NEW MARKETS NUMBER OF VISITORS NUTRITIONAL VALUE PILOT PROJECT POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION GROWTH POULTRY PRICE COMPETITIVENESS PRIVATE BREEDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCERS PRODUCT INFORMATION PRODUCTION COSTS QUALITY STANDARDS QUERIES REFRIGERATION REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS RELIABLE ACCESS RESULT RESULTS RETAIL RETAILING RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL ACCESS RURAL LIVELIHOODS SALE SALES OUTLET SHEEP SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SMALLHOLDERS SPREAD SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAIN TARIFF BARRIERS TAX REVENUES TAXATION TELEPHONE TENURE SYSTEMS TRACEABILITY UNIVERSAL ACCESS USES VALUE CHAINS VERTICAL INTEGRATION VETERINARIANS VETERINARY VETERINARY CARE VETERINARY SERVICES VETS VOLATILITY WAGES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WEB WETLANDS WILDLIFE
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Summary:	While Zambia's economy performs well, in macroeconomic terms, low levels of productivity plague industry, and this constrains growth, diversification and prosperity. In recent years, economic growth has averaged 5-6 percent a year, business reforms are being implemented, and investment levels are at an all time high. However, according to the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index 2010-2011, Zambia is not a competitive place in which to do business (ranking 115th out of 139 countries). Not surprisingly, business productivity tends to be low, and few Zambian industries are internationally competitive. Formal employment is shrinking and rural poverty is increasing. In summary, there is an urgent need to increase productivity, growth and employment. These questions continue to preoccupy policy makers, businesses and civil society especially in light of government's strategy to embrace private sector-led growth and facilitate competitiveness and diversification. The Jobs and Prosperity: Building Zambia's Competitiveness (JPC) Program is an effort to answer these questions and, at the same time, to achieve some concrete results that improve industry productivity and competitiveness. The Zambian government, with support from donors, has, for a long time, been trying to raise prosperity by encouraging more productive businesses, more competitive and diverse industries, and greater employment. Yet these efforts have not generated the results sought. The goal of the JPC Program is to achieve some meaningful progress towards improving industry productivity and competitiveness. The Program focuses on four industries so as to build traction and keep the scope of work manageable. The industries were selected by a group of Zambian stakeholders. The Program facilitated a process through which Zambian stakeholders identified some narrowly defined target results that, if achieved, could help these industries become more productive and then supports initiatives to achieve these results.