The role of the construction sector in influencing natural resource use, structural change, and industrial development in Zambia

Caesar Cheelo and Robert Liebenthal

No wp-2018-172, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The construction sector plays a critical role in delivering quality infrastructure, which in turn influences the use of natural resource revenues towards achieving structural change and industrial development. We use industrial organization and political economy lenses to describe and understand the organization of and changes in the construction industry in Zambia, focusing on demand-side factors; supply-side issues; market interactions through pricing and costs; and public institutions, regulations, policies, and structures.

Keywords: Construction sector; Infrastructure; Prices; Market structure; Bottlenecks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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