Abstract:This chapter discusses the political economy context within which Zambia’s development trajectory since independence has taken place. It identifies the dominance of the copper industry in the national economy, the central place of presidential power combined with the pervasive patronage politics of the ruling elites while large sections of the urban and rural population remain marginalized as key features of this political economy. The chapter explains how the interplay between economic and political, exogenou… Show more
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