The expansion of regional supermarket chains: Implications for local suppliers in Zambia

Francis Ziba and Mwanda Phiri

No wp-2017-58, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction. Furthermore, while the expansion of supermarket chains in Zambia has continued, local processing firms' participation in supermarket value chains remains limited. This paper assesses the hindrances to local processing firms' participation in supermarket value chains and how those firms' participation might stimulate growth through regional trade.

Keywords: Supermarkets; Regional growth; Value chains; Local processing; Economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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