Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Overview of the demographic, economic and social environment; 2. The poor and the poorest: Living conditions and vulnerability; 3. Degrees of informality: Prevailing patterns in the Zambian labour market and social security coverage; 4. Social protection schemes; 5. Government expenditure and Zambia's Social Budget; 6. Future trends in social expenditure and financing; 7. Conclusions; References; Appendix A. The Zambian Social Budget model; Appendix B. Population projections; Appendix C. Data issues; Appendix D. Tables of the Social Budget model
Summary
This report, a review of the output of the first year's work of the project, examines the objective of extending social protection coverage in the country
