Zambia
Republic of Zambia
Zambia is Africa's second-largest copper producer and one of the world's top copper mining destinations. Copper and cobalt account for over 70% of export earnings. The Copperbelt Province hosts major operations by First Quantum Minerals, Barrick Gold, and Vedanta.
The economy is diversifying into agriculture (maize, tobacco, sugar), tourism (Victoria Falls, South Luangwa National Park), energy (Kariba Dam, Kafue Gorge), and manufacturing. Lusaka is a growing regional services hub.
Zambia became the first pandemic-era African sovereign to default (November 2020) and has been implementing an IMF-supported Extended Credit Facility ($1.3 billion) since 2022, with debt restructuring progressing under the G20 Common Framework. President Hakainde Hichilema has prioritized fiscal discipline, anti-corruption, and mining sector reform.
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How this is computed
Adaptive capacity to absorb climate finance and adapt, following the readiness dimension of the ND-GAIN framework, from measured indicators only. It is not a measure of emissions or physical climate vulnerability.
- Energy access (30%): World Bank, access to electricity (% of population). The single most climate and energy specific signal held: SDG 7 and the clean-energy transition.
- Governance readiness (20%): Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (0-100). ND-GAIN governance readiness: the capacity to govern and deploy climate finance. Higher is cleaner.
- Human readiness (20%): UNDP, Human Development Index (0-1). ND-GAIN social readiness: the adaptive capacity of the population.
- Economic readiness (15%): World Bank, GDP per capita (current US$), latest measured year. ND-GAIN economic readiness: the capacity to finance adaptation. Scored relative to the covered set.
- Digital readiness (15%): World Bank, individuals using the Internet (% of population). Information systems for early warning and adaptation.
A country is scored only when at least 4 of the five indicators are held. Sub-scores are weighted and renormalised over the indicators that are present; nothing is estimated for one that is absent.
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View AllTender for Rehabilitation and upgrade to Bituminous Standards of approximately 8.31km of selected City Centre Roads in Livingstone City, Southern Province
Government of Zambia (World Bank-financed, project P180337)
Purchase of two laptops
Government of Zambia (World Bank-financed, project P180337)
Consultancy Services for Technical Advisory & Development of Terms of Reference for the Design Phase of the Smart Corridor Project
Government of Zambia (World Bank-financed, project P180801)
Purchase of ICT
Government of Zambia (World Bank-financed, project P180337)