Food systems policy has multiple legitimate aims, and different policy actors hold different values, beliefs, and interests around these issues.

Whoever wins Zambia’s 2021 general elections will face two key challenges: reviving the country’s democratic credentials and stimulating the economy. To achieve this, the new administration must have at least four priorities.

What drives tax compliance among informal workers, and how does compliance affect their policy preferences? Informal workers in developing countries encounter multiple taxes levied by government authorities and non-state actors.

These files comprise data and do-files for reproducing results presented in the article "Taxing Informality: Compliance and Policy Preferences in Urban Zambia" (Resnick, 2020).

Rapid urbanization in Africa south of the Sahara continues to highlight the importance of informal retailers as a source of both food and employment for the urban poor.

This paper tracks how the Patriotic Front (PF) – Zambia’s main opposition from 2006 to 2011, when the party won power – shifted its strategies of dealing with the urban poor, civil society and the middle class, in order to manage its vulnerability

Decentralisation of government functions can improve accountability and service provision, but this pursuit presents key political challenges.

Since the early 2000s, decentralization has been espoused as a major policy goal of successive Zambian governments.

In late 2017 and early 2018, Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic. In response the country’s President Edgar Lungu called in police and the military to raze makeshift food stalls in the city.

What drives tax compliance among informal workers and does it affect demands for political representation?

What drives tax compliance among informal workers and does it affect demands for political representation?

This study examines when and why some informal workers pay these taxes and, in turn, how tax compliance affects political representation.

This country factsheet presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display.

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The overall goal of the capacity needs assessment was to collect qualitative and quantitative data from key institutions involved in the food and agricultural policy process that would be used to inform a capacity strengthening strategy (CSS) for