Local Government
Localism in Zambia
Water kiosk on the outskirts of Chipata in Zambia
Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund proves how much more can be achieved when local people are in control. Will the country’s new government take it to the next level? Austin Macauley reports
The run up to Zambia’s elections in September was characterised by as much mud slinging by rival politicians as you’d find in the UK. But there was one issue that they all agreed on: the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) must be protected at all costs.
Let’s talk about value rather than cost
What is the value of absence? In a recent article in the Daily Telegraph, John McTernan argues that ‘liberal whingers are wrong-we should shut our libraries’. The thesis is this: technology has taken over. You can access any knowledge you want, anywhere. Libraries are an old idea. Preserving them is useless, wasteful of public resources, and pointless. Preservation, he argues, is about a liberal middle class exorcising their guilt, wanting to do good things for poor people.
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