(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. 32. 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. 33

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