Research Catalog

Title

Promoting and sustaining economic reform in Zambia / edited by Catharine B. Hill and Malcolm F. McPherson.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hill, Catharine, 1954-
• McPherson, Malcolm F.

Description

xxvi, 565 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"This book examines why Zambia's attempts at economic reform over the last two decades have met with so little success. The essays describe the policy changes adopted by the government and offer suggestions for future efforts to promote and sustain economic growth. For reform to succeed, and economic growth to revive in Zambia, the government has to drastically scale back its agenda, focus on stabilizing the economy (by eliminating the budget deficit), and revive productivity through policies that boost output in agriculture, mining, tourism, electricity, and financial services."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Zambia > Economic conditions > 1964-
• Zambia > Economic policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-565).

Contents

1. Introduction and overview / Catharine B. Hill and Malcolm F. McPherson -- 2. The historical context / Malcolm F. McPherson -- 3. The new economic recovery programme : the second time around / Malcolm F. McPherson -- 4. Fiscal policy and public expenditure control / Catharine B. Hill -- 5. Tax reform in Zambia / Catharine B. Hill -- 6. Monetary policy, exchange rate management, and financial reform / Malcolm F. McPherson -- 7. The sequencing of financial market liberalization, 1992-94 / Bruce R. Bolnick -- 8. Trade policy reform and liberalization during the 1990s / Catharine B. Hill -- 9. Debt management and debt relief during the 1990s in Zambia / Fernando R. Fernholz -- 10. The role of agriculture and mining in sustaining growth and development in Zambia / Malcolm F. McPherson -- 11. A small econometric model of the Zambian economy / Malcolm F. McPherson and Tzvetana S. Rakovski -- 12. Capacity building in the Ministry of Finance, Zambia / Deborah A. Hoover and Malcolm F. McPherson -- 13. Macroeconomic management and governance in Zambia / Catharine B. Hill and Malcolm F. McPherson -- 14. Ending aid dependence in Zambia / Malcolm F. McPherson -- 15. Sustaining rapid growth and development in Zambia : the way forward / Catharine B. Hill and Malcolm F. McPherson -- 16. Critical review : lessons from Zambia for Sub-Saharan Africa / Clive S. Gray -- 17. Postscript : prospects for moving forward? / Catherine B. Hill and Malcolm F. McPherson.

ISBN

0674012259

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries