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Taxation is the pillar of public sector finance and is therefore critical to the short-term performance and long-term growth of the economy. However, the challenges of collecting taxes in less advanced economies such as Zambia is well documented in the empirical literature, particularly in...

Development of appropriate turnaround strategies to enhance profitability is vital to the survivability of Investrust Bank Plc. Which has been making losses consistently in the period 2013-2018. The brand is under serious threat and a turnaround to address the crisis is discussed hence, the study...

Development of appropriate turnaround strategies to enhance profitability is vital to the survivability of Investrust Bank Plc. Which has been making losses consistently in the period 2013-2018. The brand is under serious threat and a turnaround to address the crisis is discussed hence, the study...

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...

Over the last few decades, most scholarly writing has focused on foreign direct investment. The multiple benefits that come with Foreign Direct Investments in host nations, particularly developing ones, have been hotly disputed. In their desire for economic progress, several developing countries...

Until recently, risk management discourse has paid scant attention to the issue of organizational culture and behavioral finance biases in banking. Yet ethical lapses and systematic weaknesses exposed in the 2007-09 financial crises suggest that future risk policy dialogue is unlikely to ignore...

This study was aimed at determining the influence of macroeconomic factors on foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and the value of the Zambian Kwacha. Macroeconomic factors include inflation rates, interest rates, Gross Domestic Product growth rate (GDP) and Balance of Payments which...

This study was aimed at determining the influence of macroeconomic factors on foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and the value of the Zambian Kwacha. Macroeconomic factors include inflation rates, interest rates, Gross Domestic Product growth rate (GDP) and Balance of Payments which...

Zambia’s central bank – Bank of Zambia (BOZ) - has reported that the banking sector has been satisfactory in its performance and conduct, it has relied on financial ratio analysis, an approach which has been found to be inadequate in many aspects. Financial ratio analysis as a measure of...

The capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers to those who can put it to long-term productive use, such as companies or governments making long-term investments. Capital markets growth...