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Economy of Zambia

Zambia · Government / Government of Zambia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1964–1990Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1964

Kenneth David Kuanda1964

Government / Government of Zambia

Zambia institutes a program of national development under the direction of the National Commission for Development Planning, the Transitional Development Plan (1964-66)

1966

Kenneth David Kuanda1966

Government / Government of Zambia

Zambia institutes the First National Development Plan (1966-71)

1968

Kenneth David KuandaApril 1968

Government / Government of Zambia

The Mulungushi Reforms, the Government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Industrial Development Corporation (INDECO)

1970

Kenneth David Kuanda1970

Government / Government of Zambia

Zambia had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining corporations, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodesia Selection Trust (RST)

1987

Kenneth David Kuanda1987

Government / Government of Zambia

Kaunda breaks with the International Monetary Fund in May 1987 and introduces a New Economic Recovery Programme in 1988

1990

Kenneth David Kuanda1990

Government / Government of Zambia

With the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Kaunda is forced to make a major policy shift, he announces the intention to partially privatize the parastatals

Names involved

Kenneth David Kuanda

Provenance

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