IMF Staff Country Reports

Zambia: Selected Issues

June 16, 2015

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Zambia: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper presents an analysis of change in Zambia’s mining fiscal regime. Foreign investment has revived Zambia’s mining sector. However, its mining sector’s direct contribution to government revenues has been low. Reflecting persistent concerns about the low contribution of the mining sector to budget revenues, the government has amended the fiscal regime many times over the last seven years. The 2015 budget introduced major changes to the mining fiscal regime. The authorities estimate that the change would boost budget revenues from the mining sector by about 1 percent of GDP, based on an assumption that the change would have no adverse impact on production.

Subject: Commodities, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Fuel prices, Gasoline, Mining sector, Oil prices, Prices, Public expenditure review

Keywords: Africa, Bank lending rate, Cost, CR, Fuel prices, Gasoline, IMF staff calculation, IMF staff estimate, Intermediation efficiency, ISCR, Lending rate ceiling, Mining sector, Oil prices, Public expenditure review, Rate, Sub-Saharan Africa, Treasury bill rate, Zambia

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    32

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2015/153

  • Stock No:

    1ZMBEA2015002

  • ISBN:

    9781513556253

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685