ZAMBIA: Liberalisation equals exploitation

Liberalisation of economic policy had left people open to exploitation by multinational corporations, a report on how economic structural reform had contributed to the decline in living standards, has found. 'The Post' reported on Thursday that a study among workers of Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) and Kafue Textiles of Zambia (KTZ) had noted that the government's privatisation policy - instead of contributing to economic growth - had only served to hamper production at the two plants and had not helped in sustaining existing state enterprises. The research was conducted by the Workers' Christian Movement - Kafue Estate Group.