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Tourism and Poverty Reduction in the Context of PRSP in Zambia
By
Crispin Matenga
University of Zambia
Presentation for the Conference on
“Political Dimensions of Poverty Reduction –The Case of Zambia”
The setting
Tourism has potential to contribute to:• Improved economic growth
-Contribution to GDP (2%)• Economic diversification
-Away from copper dependence• Socio-economic development
-Employment;income generation;rural dev.
Research Questions/Methods
• Research Questions
-How pro-poor are the PRSP programmes in tourism?Have the suggested programmes changed the distribution of benefitsin favour of the poor?
• Research Methods
-Interviews;FGDs: Literature review
Policies of Poverty Reduction
• Two main development strategies in PRSP:
1. Priority zones – five zones identified2. National Programmes – implemented at
national level• Programmes include: investment
promotion;marketing;infrastructure;TDCF;Capacity building;tourism database
Politics of Poverty Reduction
• Institutions involved: Govt; Private sector; donors; local communities
• Strategies biased towards:
-sector contribution to GDP
-Private sector (largely foreign) investment
• Thus, poverty reduction objective in the short to short term is lost
Politics of Poverty Reduction
• TDCF Implementation
-Non-adherence to implementation guidelines
-Programme implementation slow
-Lack of transparency
-Political interference
-Lack of information by communities
Conclusions
• Little progress in implementation of programmes
• Inconsistencies in allocation of funds• Programmes aimed at sector expansion but
not tilt the sector in favour of the poor• Potential for poverty reduction exists -BUT
need for deliberate and conscious effort to redistribute benefits to the poor
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