All resources: Zambia

ILO100 Celebrations

ILO Lusaka Country Office Launches Centenary Celebrations

The event to mark the 100 years of existence of the ILO, as well as 50 years of operation in Zambia was attended by several high ranking officials among them, cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, ambassadors and high commissioners, donors and...

Centenary Celebration and 50 Years in Zambia: Coffee Table Book

As the ILO Commemorates its centenary in 2019, the ILO Lusaka Office also commemorates its 50 years of operating in Zambia. This Coffee Table Book captures the ILO's Journey in Zambia through pictures and eye catching quotes from various...

Skills development

ILO and Sweden sign Skills Development for Renewable Energy Sector (SKIDRES) Pilot Project

The International Labour Organization Country Office for Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique, with funding from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), will support Kafue Gorge Regional Centre (KGRTC) implement a pilot project for skills...

The Statistical Bulletin on the Informal Economy

This bulletin is the first in a series of specialized publications and fact-sheets focusing on characteristics of the informal economy in Zambia. It is envisaged that this information bulletin will provide relevant information to various...

Integrated Framework of Basic Social Protection Programmes

The Development of the Integrated Framework of Basic Social Protection Programmes (IFBSPP) was based on extensive consultations, a comprehensive mapping of existing non-contributory social protection interventions in the social assistance,...

Budget Brief for Social Action 2018

This report analyses domestic allocations, expenditures and trends for social protection programmes in Mozambique.

The first roll-out of My.Coop in the Northern Province of Zambia

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative training package has been translated into Bemba and rolled out for the first time in the Northern Province of Zambia.

Our impact, their voices

I escaped child labour and can now help others

On the eve of International Week of the Deaf we profile a deaf Zambian man who, with ILO help, escaped child labour and discrimination and built a successful career as a teacher in the US.

2019 Social Protection Public Discussion

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners are organising a Social Protection Public Discussion under the theme ‘Implications of National Debt on Social Protection Financing and Sustainability’.

National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) of Zambia signs Memorandum of Understanding with Seven (7) Informal Sector Associations

The International Labour Organization witnessed the signing of MoUs between the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and seven informal sector associations at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia, on 9th August, 2018. The joint signing...

International Labour Organization, Deputy Regional Director for Africa Visits Zambia

The Deputy Regional Director for Africa, of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Peter van Rooij is visiting Lusaka from 10th to 12th November.

First ILO Labour market study tour to Rwanda for key stakeholders of Mozambique

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through its Sweden-funded project “MOZTRABALHA”, supported a study tour to Rwanda for senior executives of the employment sector in Mozambique. The aim was to benchmark and gain experience on how the...

ILO and Zambia partner to improve living standards in rural areas

Upgrading rural roads will provide the right connectivity to develop local communities’ access to markets and create decent work opportunities.

Market assessment and value chain analysis for former refugees in Zambia

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 245

Impact of macroeconomic reform on labour markets and income in Zambia: Assessing ZAMMOD

This paper, authored by Alemayehu Geda, John Weeks and Herryman Moono, reviews an econometric model (ZAMMOD) currently being used by the Zambia Ministry of Finance for forecasting, policy analysis and budget preparation; identifies some limitations...

The Zambia Social Protection Week - #ZSPW2018

Lusaka (ILO) news - The Government of the Republic of Zambia in collaboration with the United Nations in Zambia is, for the third time, hosting the Zambia Social Protection Week (ZSPW) under the theme “Decentralisation and Innovation”

Summary report: Cooperatives’ competitiveness potential for trade in SADC countries

The objectives of the research are to determine what opportunities exist for agricultural cooperatives to export, with what products, and to which markets from which SADC countries. The external constraints to increasing cooperative share of export...

Market systems analysis in Zambia - summary report

This market systems analysis elucidates the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Zambia and provides recommendations for Meheba and Mayukwayukwa regions to strengthen access of farmers to high-quality inputs, increase know-how on the use of...

Zambia - Country baselines under the ILO Declaration (2000-2017)

Institutional Coordination of Social Protection in Malawi: An Analysis of Coordination Structures and Options - Full Report

Despite efforts to create a harmonised and coordinated approach to social protection, challenges remain with regards to the integration of the various social protection programmes, which continue to operate in relative isolation both at the...