Aid and Poverty Reduction in Zambia: Mission UnaccomplishedZambia, a once prosperous African country, now has 73 per cent of its people below the poverty line and by the early 1990s, the country was included on the list of the least developed countries. Despite significant aid volumes and structural reforms, the country is getting deeper and deeper into poverty. What is the missing link between aid and positive change? Is the problem mainly that the volume of aid is not sufficient and, as is often heard, more of it would make a difference? Has the sluggish social and economic progress in Zambia been appropriately diagnosed and correct remedies and strategies prescribed? This book attempts to address these and related questions. |
Contents
POVERTY REDUCTION AND DONORS DEFINITIONAL AND STRATEGIC CONCERNS | 15 |
12 Definitional Issues | 16 |
13 Aid and Poverty Reduction | 19 |
132 Aid Management | 20 |
THE FACE OF POVERTY IN ZAMBIA | 24 |
22 The Debt Menace | 26 |
23 The Poverty Profile in Zambia | 27 |
232 Health | 31 |
57 Women Finance Trust of Zambia The Royal Netherlands Government | 80 |
58 The Luapula Livelihood and Food Security Programme FINNIDA | 81 |
59 Primary Health Care Programme in Western Province The Netherlands | 83 |
510 The Integrated Health Sector Support Programme DANIDA | 84 |
511 CrossCutting Analysis of Findings | 86 |
5112 Conditionalities | 88 |
5113 Implementation and Output | 89 |
5114 Impact | 90 |
2322 Malnutrition | 32 |
2323 HIVAIDS | 34 |
233 Education | 36 |
24 Conclusion | 38 |
POLICY RESPONSE TO POVERTY | 39 |
33 SAP and Beyond | 41 |
34 Renewed Vision and Strategy | 45 |
35 Policy Performance | 46 |
351 ProPoor Resource Allocation | 47 |
352 Agriculture | 49 |
353 Education | 55 |
354 Health | 58 |
36 Government Policy and External Influence | 59 |
362 Bilateral Donors | 63 |
37 Conclusions | 64 |
AID FLOW TO ZAMBIA | 66 |
42 Aid Flow and Composition | 67 |
43 Conclusion | 71 |
EFFECTIVENESS OF EUROPEANFUNDED PROJECTS | 72 |
53 Conservation and Agroforestry Extension Programme Sida | 75 |
54 The Push II Project DFID | 76 |
55 The Lake Kariba SmallScale Fisheries Development Project Germany | 78 |
56 The Zambezi Teak Forest Project Germany | 79 |
512 Overall Conclusions | 92 |
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY AND AID SMALLSCALE FARMERS IN LUAPULA PROVINCE | 93 |
62 Project Context | 94 |
64 The Faces of PovertyLocal Concepts and Perceptions | 95 |
65 Change and Adjustment over Five Years | 97 |
652 Food Security | 98 |
653 Health and Education Status | 99 |
66 LLFSP Relevance and Impact | 100 |
67 Conclusions | 101 |
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY AND AID LOW INCOME SETTLEMENTS OF LUSAKA | 102 |
72 Perceptions of Poverty by the Study Community | 103 |
73 Changes in Living Conditions | 105 |
74 Concluding Overview | 109 |
POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH DECENTRALISATION | 113 |
82 Historical Background | 114 |
822 The Current Situation | 117 |
823 The Donors Response | 121 |
83 The Case of Municipalities | 123 |
84 Conclusion | 124 |
AID AND POVERTY REDUCTION THE WAY FORWARD | 126 |
92 Main Lessons from the Study | 130 |
Bibliography | 136 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activities Africa agricultural Agroforestry allocations ASIP average beneficiaries budget capacity building CARE-Zambia cent Chapter Chipata co-ordination Committee component countries country's debt decentralisation decline DFID district donors economic growth effective expenditure external farmers Fisheries Food Security Fund Health Sector households Human Poverty Index impact implementation important improved income increased infrastructure initial input institutions interventions Lake Kariba liberalisation LLFSP Luapula Livelihood Luapula Province Lusaka Lusaka Province maize major malnutrition ment million Ministry monitoring Netherlands output participatory period phase planning poor poverty in Zambia poverty line poverty reduction problems production Programme's Province provincial administration PRSP realisation recipient reforms regarding reported respondents revealed rural areas Saasa sanitation SCAFE Siavonga Sida situation strategies Structural Adjustment sustainable target technical assistance tion UNDP University of Zambia urban utilisation WFTZ World Bank worsened Zambezi Zambezi Teak Forest Zambian government