The Informal Sector and Zambia's Employment Crisis

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ID4252776
AuthorsDavid M Todd, Christopher Shaw (0000-0001-9432-6850)
Year1980
Volume18
Issue3
Pages411-425
Publication date1980-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00011587
OpenAlexW2120892341
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited1

Late in 1979 the Zambian Government unveiled its Third National Development Plan which will guide policies until the year 1984, and this implies that problems of unemployment, particularly in urban areas, will be partly overcome by an expansion of self-employment possibilities.Such was the enthusiasm for the new initiative that the absence of reliable information surrounding it was largely ignored. This article attempts to provide relevant data concerning a number of issues which will be vital in implementing any measures to encourage self-employment in the so-called 'informal sector' of the Zambian economy. In particular we shall endeavour to quantify the likely flows into the labour force, particularly from the educational system, the possible growth of formal wage employment in urban areas, and the current size and composition of the informal sector. Finally, conclusions are drawn concerning the possible rôle of this sector in absorbing the unemployed in the plan period

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Enthusiasm · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Informal sector · Labour economics · Plan (archaeology) · Private sector · Unemployment · Wage · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Taxation and Compliance Studies

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