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Economic Development, Environment, and the Internet

• African Development Bank Group on Zambia (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• The Bank of Zambia Home Page (Lusaka)
  
  
• Central Statistical Office, Zambia (Lusaka)
  
  
• Civil Society for Poverty Reduction -- Zambia (Lusaka)
  • "[Established in 2000] the CSPR is a civil society anti-poverty advocacy network of over 140 organisations working for pro-poor development in different parts Zambia."
    See especially:
  • All CSPR reports and presentations
  • Consolidated Analysis of 2008 National Budget
  • Understand the Fifth National Development Plan
  • "Zambia: debt strategies to meet the Millennium Development Goals" August 2007)
  
  
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Zambia Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Zambia (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Zambia (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  Search for Zambia: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Zambia, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
  
  
• Environmental Council of Zambia (Lusaka)
  The web site offers general information about the council's mission and activities; plus contact information.
  
  
• First Quantum Minerals (Toronto, Canada; London, UK)
  • Warning: this is a commercial site. Formerly Adastra Minerals and American Minerals Field.
    This is the public information site for a mining company with interests in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritania; see especially the section on "Investors" for news releases and financial reports.
  • See also: Eco-Minex International on American Minerals Fields (London, UK; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Zambia (Rome, Italy)
  • Zambia in the FAO Document Repository
    
    
  • FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, June 2003
    See also: June 2002.
    
    
  • FAO Aquastat Programme -- Search: Zambia, 2005
    A profile of Zambian water resources. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  • Sustainable Development Dimensions:
    -- Zambia, Small Farmers (1996): Inter-Group Associations | Empowering Rural Women | Effect of Group Formation on Rural Women's Access to Services
    -- Wetlands monitoring in Zambia (July 1996)
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Zambia Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• International Trade Centre on Zambia (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Statistical profiles on Zambian commerce. "The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion. ITC was created by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1964 and since 1968 has been operated jointly by GATT (now by the World Trade Organization, or WTO) and the UN, the latter acting through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)."
  • Zambian Imports, 1995-99 and Exports, 1995-99 (in HTML)
  • Strategic Market Research Group--Zambia, 1994-99 (PDF files)
  
  
• Zambia Land Alliance (See below)
  
  
• Lusaka Stock Exchange Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Zambia (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A basic economic & investment profile.
  
  
• Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural Economics: Zambia Food Security Research Project (East Lansing, Michigan)
  Basic information about the project and downloadable research reports.
  
  
• Mine Watch Zambia (Lusaka)
  "...[a] companion website for the January 2007 report, For Whom the Windfalls? Winners and Losers in the Privatisation of Zambia's Copper Mines, by Alastair Fraser and John Lungu. The report was published by the Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia (CSNTZ), and the Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace (CCJDP)."
  See also: Related links
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Zambia, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• Republic of Zambia, State Information Centre -- Ministries (Lusaka)
  • Agriculture and Co-operatives
  • Commerce, Trade, and Industry
  • Communication and Transport
  • Energy and Water Development
  • Environment and Natural Resources
  • Finance and National Planning
  • Labour and Social Security
  • Lands
  • Mines and Mineral Development
  • Science, Technology and Vocational Training
  • All Ministries
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on Zambia -- Economy (New York and Lusaka)
  • UN Development Programme in Zambia (Lusaka)
    -- HIV/AIDS Enhancing Household Capacities to Fight HIV/AIDS--Zambia Human Development Report 2007 PDF format
    -- The Reduction of Poverty and Hunger in Zambia: Enhancing the Achievement of the MDGs--Zambia Human Development Report 2003 PDF format
    -- Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods--Zambia Human Development Report 2000 PDF format
    
    
  • UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Zambia Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on Zambia (Washington, DC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Zambia
    • USAID on Zambia -- Country Information
      
      
    • USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)
      Search the entire database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Zambia.
    • USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network: FEWS NET Zambia Center
      Current news and analysis of the food security situation in Zimbabwe -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to the rest of FEWS NET resources.
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    • US-Zambia Trade Balance, 1992--
    • US International Trade Statistics: Zambia, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State.
    • Zambia Country Commercial Guide (PDF files): 2000 | 2001
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Zambia economy: including 2007 Commercial Guide. (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• The World Bank on Zambia (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank in Zambia, 1999-
    A brief country profile, project reports, news, and related links.
  • Zambia Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, 2002-- (PDF format)
  
  
• World Commission on Dams: Kariba Dam--Zambezi River Basin Case Study (2000). Dams and development: a new framework for decision-making. The Report of the World Commission on Dams. (November 16, 2000) -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2000.
  
  
• Zambia Land Alliance (Lusaka)
  "ZLA is a network of NGOs working for just land policies and laws that take into account the interests of the poor. The organization promotes secured access, ownership and control over land through lobbying and advocacy, research and community participation."
  --See especially: Resources (including land legislation) -and- ZLA Publications.
  
  
• ZAMNET Communication Systems, Ltd. (Lusaka)
  Links to Internet services in Zambia and a general gateway to news, businesses, and all sorts of Zambia-related information on the Internet.