Austin Van Bruggen

 Zambia is a 3 rd World Demographic country and a 2 nd World Economic country.

 A Global South Nation is generally a 2 nd or 3 rd World country (Zambia fits this description).  A Global South Nation can also have many other characteristics, such as industrialization after 1900, having been a colony, most of the people live in extreme poverty and fight for survival daily, and many people migrate from the country to escape that poverty.  Zambia possesses all of these characteristics and several others that classify it as a Global South nation.

 As you can see, Zambia is in extreme turmoil demographically.  Thankfully, Zambia’s economics are in much better condition than its demographics.

 Zambia’s economy is heavily based on their mining and exporting of copper. This one product economy heavily depends on the global market and could easily cause disaster for the country economically.  Zambia relied heavily on loans from already industrialized nations in the late 60s to the 90s to help improve its industries.  Zambia imports and exports billions of dollars worth of goods and depends on the global market to sell their own products and to get needed products from other countries.

 Zambia is only slightly larger than Texas, leaving little area for use. Even less with all of the protected land for wild life.  Zambia is land locked.  Zambia only gained their independence from Britain in  Zambia was ruled by a one party dictatorial rule from 1972 until  A majority of the people living in Zambia are under 17 years old.

 Zambia has rainy and dry seasons making it difficult to grow crops.  Zambia primarily depends on the copper industry alone to support their economy.  Zambia has the 6 th highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate.

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 Even with all of these negatives that are impeding Zambia’s growth, it’s still improving each year.  Zambia used to be one of the poorest countries in the world and with some of the worst conditions.  Though it is still in bad quality by our standards, Zambia is improving at an extremely high rate.

Even though Zambia is in a tough spot, they are improving at a high rate. Some of the reasons for this growth is…  Improved Governing  Though Zambia was under the rule of a one party dictatorial government that destroyed the nation economically and demographically, the government since then has become more experienced and has managed to restore the economy.

 After the end of the dictatorial rule in 1992, the Zambian government became a multi party democracy.  The Zambian economy and industries have grown enough so that they can start paying off the debts that were created by the old dictatorial government.  There are lots of charitable organizations that help people in Zambia each day. Especially with Zambia’s huge HIV/AIDS problem.

Zambia may be an extremely poor nation, but the rate at which it is improving is encouraging. As the country grows economically, it can afford to spend more money to improve its condition demographically.