How Zambia is affected by the Global Financial Crisis

The IMF has just released this assement on how the global finacial crisis is affecting low income countries. In it Zambia is cited as very vulnerable to the current global financial crisis. There some suggestions in this report that might work for Zambia. CDP is dedicated to finding a short and long-term solution to our nation’s problems as cited in our recent State of the Nation press statement.
You can find the IMF below.

IMF REPORT ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

Zambia’s Agriculture Potential

Food security is a major goal for CDP and we believe that investment in Agriculture is key. Here is a link to a story that the BBC did on Zam-beef and how the recession is NOT affecting the Agri-business sector. Agriculture offers tremendous opportunities for sustainable development.
Enjoy. This story comes with a video interview as well.
Zambia’s Agri-Business Powerhouse

2009 BUDGET: CDP RESPONDS

The 2009 Zambian Budget has been announced by the minister of Finance. After a critical look at the present budget, The CDP now responds with some suggestions. You can read about CDP’s response HERE OR HERE