Zambia Barometer 2013: Chapter 4 Productive resources and employment

Key points

• The SGDI score of 76% is five percentage points above the CSC of 71%. Citizens were more critical in scoring government’s performance against the SGP targets for this sector.
• Women scored their government 72% compared to 70% score by men.
• The land policy has a 30% quota for women.
• Government, Zambia Association for Research and Development (ZARD) and partners are piloting studies on gender responsive budgeting in the agriculture and health sectors.
• Women continue to struggle to access credit.
• Women’s labour force participation is much lower than that of men.
• No national time-use studies have been conducted in Zambia except few ad hoc sector specific studies.

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