As the policy of Import Substitution emphasises the utilisation of local raw material inputs, the strategy is expected to have spatial influence on the distribution of manufacturing industries. Since long links between supporting plants adversely affected profitability levels, manufacturing...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia industrial development is a recent phenomenon. Development was introduced into Zambia by the British South Africa Company at the close of last century; with copper mining emerging as the most important economic activity in the country, eventually resulting in the development of a...
Download PDF ↓The scale of corruption is magnified by the size and scope of the construction sector, estimated globally at US$3,200 billion per year (Transparency International, 2005). As economic crimes such as fraud, bid-rigging, bribery, collusion, coercion and extortion have grown worldwide, so has the...
Download PDF ↓The role of transport and communications in Regional Economic Development: the case of Chama and Lundazi districts of Eastern Province. This paper examines the implications of improvements in the transport and communications systems on the economic development of the two districts, which are...