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Racial conflict in South Africa stems from whites' determination to perpetuate their monopoly of land and cheap labour resources, by means of political supremacy, and African opposition to this control. This African opposition stems from the common values which industrial and urban society has...

In Zambia, the prevalence of HIV is estimated to be 16% among individuals 15-49 years old. Among 15-24 year olds, women (12.7%) are four times more likely to be infected by HIV than men (3.8%) (ZDHS, 2002).The Antiretroviral Community Education and Referral (ACER) project was conceptually...

The objective of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about the effects of external debt on economic growth in Zambia during the period 1975 to 2000. The results were expected to help substantiate the case for significant debt reduction and even outright cancellation for developing...

Women have historically been under-represented in education and careers around the world. In Zambia, females are under-represented at all levels of the education system. However, the situation is worse at tertiary level, where most female students are found in fields of studies traditionally...

When examining the contributions of labour exploitation by capitalist centres to the underdevelopment of countries in the Southern African region much emphasis has been placed on labour supply mechanisms related to the copper mines, No systematic study has been done on the social and economic...

Since independence in 1964, there has been an urgent need for economic development in Zambia, which led to the establishment of the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) as a source of long-term finance for development.This thesis examines the role of DBZ in the development of the country,particularly...

This study considers the impact of financial liberalisation policy on savings and investment in Zambia for the period 1964 to 1996. It examines the relationship between positive real domestic interest rates and savings and investment. Real domestic interest rates are a proxy for financial...

Firm Efficiency and Firm Size Productivity achievement has become an illusory and diminutive economic objective for most struggling Third World countries. For instance, on the performance of the Zambian economy we note that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita has declined from about 500...

Productivity achievement has become an illusory and diminutive economic objective for most struggling Third World countries. For instance, on the performance of the Zambian economy we note that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita has declined from about 500 United States Dollars to about...

Zambia has for a long time experienced declining economic growth despite having inherited very generous reserves at independence in 1964. To reverse this trend she has tried, though inconsistently and often piecemeal to implement liberalization policies aimed at attracting Foreign Direct...