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The main objective of this study was to establish both the country specific and industry specific determinants of intra industry trade (IIT) between Zambia and its trading partners in the Southern African region namely South Africa and Tanzania using the modified gravity model of trade. The...

This study examined the coverage of climate change issues in the broadcast media in Zambia using a case of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) TV1. Particularly, it aimed to establish: the frequency of reporting climate change issues on ZNBC TV1; the dominant themes of climate...

This study investigates aspects of the history of the trade union movement in Zambia from 1964 to 2011 by looking at some of the struggles the workers engaged in to obtain what they thought was due to them. The term ‘Crises of Expectations’ is used because what was expected and what was obtained...

Zambia has had several Constitutional review initiatives since pre-independence times. However, these initiatives have not brought about the much needed media reforms, thus allowing the existence of colonial legislation such as the Penal Code, which contains several provisions, among them the law...

For many years, garbage collection services in Lusaka have been inadequate for a large city. In Lusaka, only, an estimated 15 per cent, of the municipal solid waste generated, is collected, resulting in a build-up of waste in open spaces and along streets in or around the city, (UN-HABITAT, 2007:...

The prevalence of child sexual abuse continues to be a major public health problem worldwide. Recent international studies shows that between 8 – 31% of girls and 3-17% of boys experience childhood sexual abuse. While most of the research has concentrated on determining the magnitude of child...

The Zambia MDGs progress report 2013 indicates that Zambia has continued to perform poorly with respect to female political representation. Women in 2015 held a low proportion of seats in both local councils (6.3 percent) and parliament (13.9 percent) and have continued to do so even after the...

This study investigates the extent to which both sexes participated in Zambia’s agricultural development from 1890-1990. Utilising primary and secondary sources of information and analysing data qualitatively, the study examines gender roles in agriculture in the colonial and post-colonial...

The transition from school to work is a critical phase in the lives of young people that has lasting effects on their entire life courses. There is lack of empirical work on gender wage and labour supply differences in Zambia, especially during the first few years spent by young workers in the...

Policy recommendations from governments and international organisations alike now explicitly support the integration of HIV and reproductive health service delivery, particularly family planning. There is recognition that integration is needed to support women‘s and men‘s reproductive health...