(e)
raise priority poverty reducing expenditures to 2.2 percent of
GDP;
(f)
reduce the domestic budget deficit to 1.55 percent of GDP;
and
(g)
reach the Completion Point under the Enhanced HIPC
Initiative.
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In addition, Zambia continues to pursue a Structural Adjustment
Programme
(SAP)
aimed
at
increasing
the
productivity
and
competitiveness of local industry. This has been a key part of policy in
the last decade.
Major reforms have been taken in the financial,
transport, health, education and communication sectors. Efforts are still
being made to reorient the economy from a copper based one to a
broader-based economy so as to enhance foreign exchange earnings.
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