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Zambia
Economic Development, Environment, and the Internet
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Food and Agriculture Organization on Zambia (Rome, Italy)
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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.
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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)
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MBendi AfroPaedia: Zambia (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
A basic economic & investment profile.
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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)
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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.
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Republic of Zambia, State Information Centre -- Ministries (Lusaka)
- United Nations Agencies on Zambia -- Economy (New York and Lusaka)
- United States Agencies on Zambia (Washington, DC)
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Zambia
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United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
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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)
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The World Bank on Zambia (Washington, DC)
- 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.
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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.
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