THE Afrobarometer, a pan-African non-partisan survey, has revealed that management of the economy ranks as the most important problem that Zambian youth want government to address, followed by health, infrastructure and unemployment. According to a survey conducted in 2022 by the Afrobarometer team in Zambia, led by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR), a research wing of the University of Zambia, the youth also saw the private sector as a potential provider of jobs if government managed the economy better. “Young Zambians identify management of the economy as the most important problem the government must address. Interestingly, given the jobs crisis, significantly fewer cite unemployment (27 percent, in fifth place) as a priority that the government specifically should...

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