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Neonatal mortality is a global challenge; identification of individual and community determinants associated with it, are important for targeted interventions. Although many studies have emphasized the importance of accessible maternal healthcare as a means of reducing maternal and child...

This study empirically investigates the effects of real exchange rate volatility on tobacco export growth in Zambia. The study employs annual time series data for the period 1992 to 2014 and uses the Exponential Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) to measure...

Zambia has sought to attract Foreign Direct Investment because of the many benefits that it brings to the economy. Foreign Direct Investment is considered beneficial not only because it brings in the much needed capital, but also generates employment and provides access to advanced technologies...

This paper examines the determinants of FDI in Zambia from 1970 to 2014, with a particular focus on tax incentives. FDI is seen as a tool for economic development and a means of bridging the saving and investment gap in developing nations. For this reason emerging economies grant special...

Introduction: In most developing countries female education is considered the single most important predictor of maternal health seeking behavior. The study seeks to analyze the role of female education by establishing whether quantitative evidence provides the same conclusions and additional...

This paper investigates the determinants of labour productivity at firm level in Zambia’s manufacturing sector, using panel data for the period 2006 to 2010 for 324 firms.The study is worth undertaking because labour productivity (LP) is a determinant of firm competitiveness and profitability....

Net interest margins (NIM) have been an interesting issue and of great debate. In Zambia, NIM has generally been high thus, having low savings rate and high lending rates. This is not good for the economy because on one hand, it discourages savings thereby, reducing the levels of monies available...

The global rise in wage income inequality has been an important topic in labour economics over the past few decades. Many studies have been undertaken to ascertain the factors affecting wage inequality. However, little research exists for Zambia on this topic in spite of the importance that is...

The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of real exchange rate volatility on Zambia’s agricultural exports in an export demand framework this includes relative prices which are a measure of competitiveness and foreign incomes capturing foreign economic activity between 1991 and 2011.The...

Since 2002, the Government of Zambia has been funding a farmer input subsidy program that consumes a very large part of the resources allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. This survey examines if the program is producing commensurate impacts on maize production by the farmers...