八十年代以来赞比亚的经济改革浅析

AN ANALYSIS OF ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1980s

进入80年代以后,象许多非洲国家一样,赞比亚进行了经济调整、改革。在对非洲诸国的比较中,我们发现,赞比亚的这一进程表现得尤为曲折、复杂。

Since 1980s, Zambia has carried out economic readjustment and trans-formation in three stages, and has undergone a tortuous and complicatedprocess of difficulty. The economic readjustment and transformation have developed along withthe implementation of those measures designed for overcoming difficulties.Such a policy is passive, its contingency being very obvious. Judging by thedevelopment of its policies for the past several years, one can find no basicthread of thought of a total design with which Zambia is to tnrn back thetrend of economic decline; on the contrary, it has merely busied itself incoping with the immediate unfavourable condition, while lacking a subjectconsciousness and a guiding principle or consistency and continuity. Abruptchanges in policies were made, especially during the years from 1985 to 1987when several drastic reversals took place. Indeed, under the two fold pressureof domestic political climate and the IMF, the Zambian governmenth ad littlescope for policy option. It finds itself in an embarrassing dilemma betweenthe policy of maintaining political stability and the policy of carrying outeconomic transformation to overcome difficulties. All these have shed shado- ws over the prospect of Zambia's economic readjustment and transformation.There is yet a long way to go for Zambia to extricate itself from economicdifficulties.