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Title Contemporary issues in socio-economic reform in Zambia / edited by Herrick C. Mpuku, Ivan Zyuulu
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge revivals
Making of modern Africa
Routledge revivals.
Making of modern Africa.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Accounting for less than optimal performance of structural adjustment programmes in sub-saharan African countries; 3 Financial innovation and reform in Zambia; 4 Land tenure and economic development in Zambia; 5 Some critical issues in land policy formulation in Zambia; 6 Housing policy in Zambia; 7 Towards a sustainable urbanisation policy for Zambia; 8 Economic and social consequences of managerial reforms of the health industry in Zambia
9 Managing public universities in Africa in the 1990s and beyond the human aspect of the challenge with special reference to the Copperbelt University, Zambia; Epilogue
Summary This edited volume emerged in response to Zambia's recent reinstatement of multiparty democracy and its ensuing economic, social policy and public administrative reform. Following the establishment of the single party state under the United National Independence Party in 1972, a severe decline in the price of copper (Zambia's principle export) resulted in high national debt and increasing riots. This volume situates itself in response to the transition from the UNIP to the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), seeing it as a verdict delivered by the people. Its authors aim to explore the causes of this verdict through areas such as financial innovation, land policy, the health industry and universities. They thoroughly examine the attempts and potential pitfalls of the reform programme as well as its impact on Zambian society. The general conclusion reached by the contributors to this volume is that while the reform programme is a necessary condition for economic rebirth its details require careful consideration in order to ensure it has the desired socio-economic impact on the people of Zambia. This should also serve as an important example to other countries embarking on similar programmes of reform
Notes Originally published 1997 by Ashgate Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 27, 2018)
Subject HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
Economic policy
Politics and government
Social policy
SUBJECT Zambia -- Economic policy
Zambia -- Social policy
Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00004249
Subject Zambia
Form Electronic book
Author Mpuku, Herrick C., editor.
Zyuulu, Ivan, editor.
ISBN 9780429460784
0429460783
0429864752
9780429864759