Category: Press Statements

Lusaka, 19th July 2021: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a key component of global economic integration and private external finance for developing countries. Not only does FDI add to investible resources and capital formation, but also promotes the transfer of production technology, skills, innovative capacity, and organizational and managerial practices between locations. In an era…
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Lusaka, 9th July 2021: Revenue shortfalls are common for many Governments across the world. Zambia has in the recent years continued to run on deficit financing which has resulted in the accumulation of public debt. These shortfalls in revenues to meet government’s expenditure needs are caused by many factors such as low tax base that…
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Lusaka, 29th June 2021: As the covid19 public health pandemic risks maturing into an economic and social crisis, the impacts will be toughest on women. The pandemic has intensified the already existing gender inequalities and unmasked the weaknesses in Zambia’s social and economic systems.

Lusaka, 25th June 2021: Informality plays an integral role in defining the landscapes of labor markets around the world especially in developing countries where larger shares of the workforce is in the informal sector.  In the case of Zambia’s employment structure, this comprises of about 68.6 percent of employed persons in the informal sector (Zambia…
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Lusaka, 18th June 2021: The Zambia Tax Platform wishes to commend the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) for collecting above targets, revenues in the first 5 months of 2021. The Zambia Revenue Authority recently announced that it had collected K7.3 billion in excess of the target set for the first 5 months of the year. ZTP…
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Lusaka, 7th June 2021: The productive capacity of any economy and the wellbeing of its people largely depends on the quality of health prevalent in a country which is determined by health systems and structures. In this regard, Government spending on health is critical for reducing health inequalities and improving the social determinants of health…
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DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ALLOW ME TO THANK AND WELCOME YOU ALL TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT MEETING TO DELIBERATE ON THE CHALLENGES POSED BY FINANCIAL CRIMES ON DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA. ALLOW ME TO BEGIN BY EXTENDING MY APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE ZAMBIA TAX PLATFORM. MANY THANKS TO SECRETARIAT FOR THE WORK DONE IN PUTTING…
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