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ZambiaLusakakey figures Land area, thousands of km2753 Population, thousands (2001) 10 649 GDP per capita, $ (2001)339 Life expectancy (2000-2005) Illiteracy rate (2001) Economic Outlook AfDB/OECD 2003337IN1991 ZAMBIA STARTED A RADICAL reform path thattransformed it from a centrally planned to a marketeconomy. This dramatic change, which entailedprivatising the initial close-to-80 per cent share ofpublic economic activity and liberalising prices formost commodities, revived the economy and resultedin a good growth performance for the first half of the1990s. Nevertheless, the government has not been verysuccessful in diversifying the country s export base awayfrom its heavy dependency on copper, or managing itsexpenditures more efficiently, whose funding stillstrongly rely on foreign assistance, or, and mostimportantly, reducing poverty.
Zambia Lusaka key figures • Land area, thousands of km2 753 • Population, thousands (2001) 10 649 • GDP per capita, $ (2001) 339 • Life expectancy (2000-2005) 42.2
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