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<p>The DFID Zambia economic development portfolio comprises programmes primarily focused
on job creation and private sector investment, infrastructure and energy development.
It supports the poorest with tools they can use for their own development. These initiatives
include:</p><ol><li>Supporting job creation and regulatory reform in high-potential
sectors that provide opportunities for women and youth employment, including agriculture,
services to the mining industry, tourism and household services (clean cooking, off-grid
energy, on-site sanitation).</li><li>Fostering innovation and job creation through
technical assistance to competitively selected businesses with the potential to create
large scale jobs and grow to provincial, national and eventually regional businesses.</li><li>Increasing
access to finance for growing businesses and facilitate new investment sources, including
global impact investors (e.g. the ImpactCapitalAfrica initiative), local private wealth
individuals (e.g. first-of-a-kind crowd-funding from Zambian residents) and state
assets (e.g. engagement with Zambia’s development bank and pension funds).</li><li>Responding
to high levels of urbanisation and Zambia’s geographical challenges by helping municipalities
improve urban planning and supporting key Ministries and the private sector to develop
more effective infrastructure solutions.</li><li>Piloting technology applications
that deliver on development challenges and create and support sustainable businesses
such as in rural mobility and off-grid cold chains.</li><li>Support climate smart
agriculture approaches and financial inclusion for the rural and peri-urban poor.</li></ol><p>
</p><p>DFID also provides direct support to create an enabling environment for citizens’
representation. Our support has contributed to 1.7 million new voters registering
for the 2016 elections, and it enables Zambians to raise and debate issues that matter
to them with their leaders, locally and nationally.</p>
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