Seventh Development Plan 2017-2021

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Category: Executive

Document Type: Plan

Role: Main

Zambia's Seventh National Development Plan (2017-2021) promotes national climate change mitigation and adaptation, integrates climate considerations into agriculture and water policies, supports renewable energy, and mentions carbon financing.

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          Republic of Zambia




         SEVENTH
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
        2017-2021
© 2017
Ministry of National Development Planning
P O Box 30147
Lusaka, ZAMBIA
Tel: +260-211-252395
                                    MAP OF ZAMBIA




Depicting Population Distribution by District, Zambia, 2016
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                                               FOREWORD
Zambia remains committed to the socio-economic development planning of the country as reflected by
the return to development planning in 2005. The Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) for the
period 2017- 2021 is the successor to the Revised Sixth National Development Plan, 2013-2016 (R-
SNDP) following its expiry in December 2016. The Plan, like the three national development plans
(NDPs) that preceded it, is aimed at attaining the long-term objectives as outlined in the Vision 2030 of
becoming a “prosperous middle-income country by 2030”. It builds on the achievements and lessons
learnt during the implementation of the previous NDPs.

The Seventh National Development Plan departs from sectoral-based planning to an integrated (multi-
sectoral) development approach under the theme “Accelerating development efforts towards the
Vision 2030 without leaving anyone behind”. The integrated approach recognises the multi-faceted
and interlinked nature of sustainable development which calls for interventions to be tackled
simultaneously through a coordinated approach to implementing development programmes. Through
the use of the integrated (multi-sectoral) development approach, the 7NDP has the advantage of
considering the comparative and competitive advantages of the regions in allocation of resources
towards implementation of the multi-sectoral strategies and setting in motion a series of mutually
supporting activities in different sectors with the general objective of delivering the national agenda.
Ultimately it is envisaged that the integrated development approach in the 7NDP will help change the
focus of government line ministries and provinces from competing with each other to coordinated
harmonisation (working together).

The goal of the 7NDP is to create a diversified and resilient economy for sustained growth and socio-
economic transformation driven, among others, by agriculture. Furthermore, this Plan responds to the
Smart Zambia transformation agenda 2064 and embeds in it the economic recovery necessary for the
actualisation of a Smart Zambia. This is in support of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Tags: Adaptation, Adaptation Planning, Agriculture, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Development, Energy, Energy Supply, Mitigation, Planning, Policy, Renewable Energy, Water

Sector: Agriculture;Energy;Water

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