Investing in people, not subsidies

[Zambia Daily Mail - Zambia] - 19/02/2026

THE recent reports by ZIPAR and UNU-WIDER have once again underscored a truth that we, as a people, would do well to embrace: subsidies on fuel and energy are not the answer to poverty reduction. At their peak, these subsidies consumed 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), yet poverty (…)

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