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Thinker's Echo
The Thinker's Echo offers you a chance to explore critical issues with renowned experts. These thought leaders, aligned with our thematic areas, provide unique perspectives and solutions through op-eds & book reviews. Engaging with these diverse voices will challenge your thinking and spark intellectual curiosity.
We continue to break down the 2023 Auditor General's report on CDF.
As of 31st December 2023, a total of K3,987,801,055 had been spent, leaving a balance of K3,542,494,897. Here’s how these funds were...
Auditor General’s Report Uncovers Major Governance Failures in CDF Management : Unspent funds, project delays, misused grants, and weak oversight. What needs to change?
Governance Failures in CDF Management : Unspent funds, project delays, misused grants, and weak oversight. What needs to change?
Data and Decisions: Why Open Data Matters for Zambia’s Development
Since ACPR’s founding in 2019, we’ve been committed to advancing Zambia’s development through evidence-based research. In 2023, we...
Chanda Katema
Nov 3, 2021
How Can Young People Influence Public Policy?
Setting the Scene “It's not what you say, But how you say it!” said Mae West, an American actress (1893-1980). These words go beyond the...
Bruce Hatimbula
Oct 1, 2021
Distant Relatives: The Nexus between Democracy and Development
Democracy on the other hand connotes the deriving of authority and mandate to govern from people.
Mahongo Kabanda - Zulu
Sep 20, 2021
Who is Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane? Everything You Need To Know About The New Minister Of Finance.
This story is part of a series on the new UPND-Alliance administration and what they’ve planned for their first 100 days—and beyond....
Mahongo Kabanda - Zulu
Sep 9, 2021
An Overview of the Economic programs in the UPND Manifesto
To delve into the UPND Manifesto, a number of economic programs were listed, and the approach of tackling them thereof.
Mahongo Kabanda - Zulu
Sep 1, 2021
The Debt Cycle for Under-Development: A Case of National Sovereignty
Debt for emerging markets may seem like the handing over of a country’s power to rule itself.
Mahongo Kabanda - Zulu
May 14, 2021
Enhancing Supply of Clean Energy in Zambia
Zambia recorded a power supply deficit of up to 810 megawatts in March 2020, as stated in a press brief by Zambia Electricity Supply...
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