Lopes, Zambian President discuss value chains, integration & youth
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ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes held talks with Zambian Republican President Edgar Lungu during his two-day state visit to Zambia. During a meeting, Mr. Lopes urged the Government of Zambia to study specific value chains in their totality citing good practice from other African Member States. Zambia should study value chain per value chain from A-Z and master the market, this is what Ethiopia has done with coffee and the results are incredible. said Lopes who also called upon the government to implement specific, non-generic policies arguing that incremental changes in policies can make a huge difference in the economy. Over ambition will not do it, we need small incremental changes, for instance 15 percent incremental changes can create up to 50,000 jobs.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2015-07). Lopes, Zambian President discuss value chains, integration & youth. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/36005”Collections
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