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This study examines the significant constraints on industrialisation (development of secondary industries) in colonial Zambia. The study argues that although a number of imperial scholars have attempted to identify the significant constraints on industrialisation during the colonial period, there...

Bribery involving traffic police officers and minibus as well as taxi drivers in Livingstone, (Zambia) is a social problem despite efforts being made to reduce corruption. Police bribing drivers and drivers bribing the police have continued to occur without being abetted. The purpose of this...

Since the 1950s, edible caterpillars were being collected by the people of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia‟s) Northern Province. They were consumed as a delicacy at household level. In some instances, however, edible caterpillars were sold for cash later when the cash economy was introduced or...

The study investigated the contribution of local authorities to the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Zambia, with a primary focus on Lusaka City Council (LCC). In an effort to develop SMEs in Zambia, government has, over the years, instituted various reforms which include the...

Raising incidents of delayed payments to SMEs is an increasing concern by SMEs world over. Evidence from the federation of Small Businesses indicate that more than half of small businesses are not paid promptly by large companies with the average payment time of 163 days which is more than double...

Infant mortality still remains a subject of growing interest and debate among researchers as it is an indicator of quality life. Luapula province has been consistently experiencing the highest number of infant deaths in Zambia as evidenced by the Zambian Demographic and Health Survey. Luapula...

The purpose of the study was to explore the employability of social work graduates in the Zambian labor market while focusing on what it takes for social work graduates to get employed, strategies used in job search and the underlying motives thereof. This research adopted a hermeneutic...

Zambia has continued to record high fertility and population growth rates despite various studies on determinants of fertility and increased Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) of 49% reported in the 2013/14 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey report. However, there is lack of information on...

This study investigated the exchange rate pass-through to domestic consumer prices in Zambia, using quarterly data for the period 1994: q1-2019: q4. To estimate the pass-through of exchange rate changes on domestic consumer prices, a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) approach was used. The...

The purpose of this study was to explore the child community reintegration process as experienced by child care facilities(CCFs) in Lusaka. The study endeavored to answer the following questions; 1. What are the child community reintegration models used by the child care facilities in Zambia? 2....