According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2026 Statistical Update, Zambia significantly reduced poverty between 2018 and 2024, but rapid population growth unfortunately increased the number of poor people. Meanwhile, speaking in an interview with Zambian Business Times – ZBT, Copperbelt-based economic and policy analyst, John Ng’andu said the development showed that poverty reduction efforts must move faster than population growth to improve living conditions. Ng’andu explained that reducing the percentage of people living in poverty does not automatically mean that the total number of poor...
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