Water- and land-related resource conflicts are the starting point of the Zambian nexus study. Zambia is endowed with abundant land and water resources, the utilisation of which offers huge potential for the country’s economic development.

Irrigation can help to improve and stabilise agricultural productivity, thereby contributing to food security and to resilience against climate change.

The diffusion of supermarkets in developing countries has profound implications – not only for existing retail stores and informal vendors but also for millions of producers and intermediary traders in the respective supply chains, and for consumers in these countries.

In order to stimulate revenue mobilisation and local autonomy, some governments decentralise property taxes to the municipal level.