what are the constraints to inclusive growth in zambia?

What Are the Constraints to

Inclusive Growth in Zambia?

Elena Ianchovichina and Susanna Lundström

Employment and Shared Growth Workshop, Oxford

March 16, 2008

Business Environment Analysis

Returns to economic activity

Cost of finance

Social ReturnsPrivate

AppropriabilityInternational sources

of financeLocal sources

of finance

Domestic savingsFinancial sector intermediation

Government failures Market failures

Macro risks Micro risks

Economic Growth

Poverty Reduction

Wage-employedSelf-employed

Employability Analysis


Income increases through productive employment

Viewed from the perspective of the poor as productive actors…

Three Main Parts The overall dynamics and what it tells us about

the potential in different sectors Growth-Poverty Pattern, Sector Dynamics and

Productivity Dynamics

Identifying the productive activities and resources of the poor

Going through the extended tree with the objective of increasing in a sustainable way the income of the poor Given the characteristics and future opportunities of

the poor identified in step one and two.

Introduction 5

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Inverse relation between productivity levels/growth and employment levels

Paths out of poverty has mainly been through new employment opportunities in low-cost urban areas, or higher returns in other urban areas

Productivity growth has been on the rise except in agriculture where also employment opportunities has stagnated

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What are the sources of income for the rural poor in Zambia?

Table 1: Mean Shares of Household Income by Source, by Income Quintile, Rural Areas

Quintile of National Distribution All Poorest

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20% Food crop sales 6 7 6 6 6 5 Nonfood crop sales 2 1 2 3 2 2 Non-farm business 10 11 10 10 13 11 Livestock and other ag. Income 2 2 2 3 2 3 Salary 6 3 5 6 7 11 Remittances 6 7 6 6 7 5 Pension 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nonagricultural rent 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other income 11 13 12 12 11 9 Consumption of own production 55 57 55 54 55 52

Source: World Bank (2007a)

Most rural poor are smallholder subsistence farmers

What are the sources of income for the urban poor in Zambia?

Most urban poor are employed in informal businessesand rely on multiple activities as a source of income

Table 3. Mean Shares of Household Income by Source, by Quintile, Urban Areas

Quintile of National Distribution All Poorest 20% 2 3 4 Richest 20% Non-farm business 24 25 27 27 26 19 Salary 50 38 40 46 50 60 Remittances 6 8 6 5 6 5 Other income 15 20 19 16 14 13 Consumption of own production 5 9 7 7 4 3 100 100 100 100 100 100

Source: 2002-03 LCMS

Any reasons to focus on agriculture?

Evidence that there is potential for productivity improvement in agriculture

Even a sizable increase in employment in urban industries will result in relatively few urban jobs

Figure 1: Distribution of employed by industrial sector in the rural and urban areas (2004)

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Implication of the booming mining sector

The capital intensive nature implies that few new jobs are created

Adverse REER effects on the competitiveness and job opportunities of the tradable sectors

Look for constraint to inclusive growth through: Self as well as wage employment Agriculture as well as non-agriculture

activities Up-coming data on employment and

additional analysis may help to narrow down further

Economic Growth

Poverty Reduction


Employability Analysis:

Education, Health




Is education a major constraint for the poor as individuals?

Major difference in mean years of education between the rich and poor households in urban areas, and limited access to higher education in rural areas

Table 1: Mean years of schooling of household head in 2002/03

All Poorest 20% Richest 20% Rural 5.3 4.4 6.2 Urban 9.3 6.6 11.1

Source: World Bank (2007a)

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Is health a major constraint for the poor?

HIV/AIDS costs almost 1 percent in GDP growth per year Prevalence rates are high: 17% of working age

population in 2005 compared to the SSA average of 6%.

High prevalence rates combined with poor health care provision and other diseases undermine Labor stock and ability to provide labor; Productivity of the work force; Incentives for investment;

Economic Growth

Poverty Reduction


Employability Analysis:

Education, Health






Cost of finance




of finance




Is the cost of capital a binding constraint to firms’ investment and growth?

Figure 1: Real cost of capital (average)

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But, cost and access of capital differentials are sizable

Access and cost of capital varies with the size of the firm In 2003, nearly 50 percent of larger firms had a

loan, while only 19 percent of small firms had a loan

The cost of capital differential between large and small firms was more than 10 percentage points

Similar differentials existed between the cost of capital of exporters and non-exporters, domestic and foreign companies

Micro firms face even steeper constraints

What are the reasons for the poor access to and high cost of finance for small and micro firms?

Poor financial intermediation rather than low domestic savings or bad international finance Domestic savings as a share of GDP climbed up from 6%

in 1990s to 18.1% in 2006, a share higher than the SSA average

FDI and aid have been higher than the average for SSA and LICs both in 1990s and 2000s

However, there are signs of improvements: the percentage of people identifying the cost of finance as the main reason for their poverty status halved in the period 2002-06



Cost of finance




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Do low social returns constrain income growth?

Zambia is well endowed with natural resources Landlocked geographic position:

Pros: Serves as an import tax protecting domestic import-competing industries; borders 8 countries and plays an active role in regional trade

Cons: reaching global markets and realizing economies of scale is a problem Affects ability to export bulky low–value products (e.g. farm

products) Requires well-developed air transport and an emphasis on high

value, low weight and volume goods

Access to air transport is low for Zambia’s level of per capita income

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Are infrastructure and basic services a binding constraint to income growth?

High domestic transport costs due to poor domestic road condition and high fuel: affect the ability of rural residents to access markets;

The reasons for poor access is not always because of limited supply (e.g. electricity), but because of industry structures and interests

Poor quality and expensive basic services undermine the competitiveness of firms and slow down job creation

Cost-structure: firm-level averages

Source: Eifert, Gelb, and Ramachandran (2005)

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Source: Mattoo and Payton (2007)



Cost of finance

Social ReturnsInfrastructure servicesBinding constraint to

growth

Private Appropriability

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Is the macroeconomic environment a binding constraint to shared growth?

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Are property rights over land a major constraint to income growth?

Customary land arrangements with limited transfer possibilities are dominant, with only 6-15% of land under statutory tenure

The land system is not perceived as a binding constraint to shared growth Land is abundant – only 40% of arable land is used Most smallholders who demand more land get land from their chiefs (only

4% of respondents mentioned lack of land as a reason for poverty) Despite small plot sizes, a typical household does not have capability to

cultivate more land The system creates risks to future returns on investments Lack of serviced land with access to infrastructure is a perceived binding

constraint to operations implying not land, but rural infrastructure is a bottleneck

Is regulatory uncertainty and government interventions an obstacle to shared growth? Regulatory uncertainty is the fourth most binding

constraint to firms’ operations Most of firm owners (70 percent) think that officials’

interpretation of regulations is inconsistent and unpredictable

Problem is especially acute in agriculture Fertilizer subsidy program

Last minute contracts push up the cost of the input Program not well targeted opens opportunities for rent seeking Program is expensive (accounts for 50% of the budget earmarked

for agriculture, compared to only 3% for irrigation and other rural infrastructure)

Is governance a constraint?



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Micro risksRegulatory uncertainty

Government effectivenessBinding constraint to

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Are market failures binding constraints for income growth?

Firms need services requiring simultaneous, large scale investments in: basic infrastructure and connectivity services which

ensure access to inputs and foreign markets; marketing, state-of-the-art technology, and product

quality information services Might be a development trap:

No incentives for private investor before a certain level of economic activity

Especially severe in sparsely populated countries

Rural-urban differentials in connectivity service provision

Poor access and high cost of basic services are major constraints to growth Rural areas are at a disadvantage relative to urban areas

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Farm level productivity is negatively correlated with weak service performance Examples where there were positive coordination externalities (e.g. outgrower schemes)



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Government failures

Market failuresCoordination failuresBinding constraint to

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Micro risksRegulatory uncertainty

Government effectivenessBinding constraint to

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Bindings constraints to shared growth in Zambia

Lack of positive coordination externalities (rural-urban connectivity)

Poor government effectiveness Regulatory uncertainty and government

interventions (stop doing harm before doing good, especially severe in agriculture)

Real exchange rate appreciation (international connectivity)

Access to post-primary education and health for the poor

Appendix:Incidence of poverty by stratum (%)

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