Zambia was identified as pre-eligible for graduation at the 2021 Triennial Review of the LDC Category by the Committee for Development Policy. According to the mandate given to it by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 59/209 of 20 December 2004, UNCTAD thereafter launched the process of preparation of Zambia’s Vulnerability Profile.

Following the completion of the Vulnerability Profile, UNCTAD, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia, will host a two-day Industrial Policy Training Workshop in Lusaka. The workshop forms part of UNCTAD’s support to Zambia on graduation with momentum.

The workshop aims to help enhance Zambia’s policy capacity to use industrial policy more effectively to graduate with momentum. Workshop thematic sessions will cover: (i) Introduction to industrial policy; (ii) Arguments in favour of industrial policy; (iii) State roles in industrial policy; (iv) Industrial policy instruments; (v) Current challenges to industrialization; and (vi) Emerging directions in industrial policy.

The workshop targets government officials directly concerned with the design, implementation and monitoring of industrial policy in the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Finance and National Planning.