The Centre for Trade Policy and Development(CTPD) is a non-profit, membership based trade policy think tank established in 2004. Formerly known as the ‘Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia’ (CSTNZ),

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RESUSCITATING AN AILING ECONOMY AMID COVID-19 AND RISING PUBLIC DEBT
The 2021 National Budget has been presented under unprecedented global times in Zambia’s contemporary history. Against the backdrop of an already deteriorating macroeconomic environment, the country has been hit hard by health and economic effects of the Covid-19 global health pandemic. Threated by fatalities from the pandemic, countries across the world have put in place a range of mitigating measures, which have in turn led directly to disruption of global trade and movement of people. The pandemic has jeopardized both people’s lives and their livelihoods.

REVIEW & ANALYSIS OFTHE TOBACCO AND NICOTINE PRODUCTS CONTROL BILL 2018​
The export of tobacco in Zambia increased from approximately $1.7 million in 1995 to $156.5 million in 2012 and averaged of USD100 million between 2013 and 2018. According to the WHO, agricultural land devoted to the harvesting of tobacco in Zambia increased over 350% in two decades from 1993 to 2013.While tobacco as a percentage of total exports for Zambia is rather small (comprising 1.2 percent of the GDP) tobacco is a cash crop for farmers, about 10,000 of whom grow tobacco and a source of employment in the country…

IMPLICATIONS OF PUBLIC DEBT ON EXPENDITURE TOWARDS CHILDREN:NEXUS BETWEEN DEBT AND PROGRESS TOWARDS VISIONS 2030 AND SDGS