IMF Staff Country Reports

Zambia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

December 15, 1997

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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines the economic developments in Zambia during the 1990s. Economic activity recovered significantly in 1996. Real GDP expanded by almost 6½ percent, compared with a cumulative decline of 12½ percent in 1994–95. Good rains stimulated agricultural production, while the other nontraditional and mining sectors also contributed to the turnaround in economic activity. However, owing to a sharp deterioration in the terms of trade, largely on account of falling copper prices, real national income increased by only 2 percent.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, Commodities, Economic sectors, Education, Imports, International trade, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural sector, Balance of payments, Broad money, Capital expenditure, Consumer price index, CR, East Africa, Economic activity, Foreign exchange, Imports, ISCR, Private sector, Public expenditure, Structural adjustment, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, Trade liberalization, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    78

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1997/118

  • Stock No:

    1ZMBEA0011997

  • ISBN:

    9781451841183

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685