1. INTRODUCTION
The Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MOFNP) in collaboration with the Poverty Monitoring and Analysis (PMA) component of the Zambia Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) Programme hosted the First Annual Poverty Review Conference at the Mulungushi Conference Centre in Lusaka from 25-26th of March 2002. The conference was organised in line with the PMA’s objective of strengthening the capacity to provide timely information on poverty and social conditions and to facilitate the use of such information in policy making. The purpose of the conference was to review the poverty situation in Zambia from various perspectives.
The participants to the conference included representatives of various United Nations bodies, embassies, Provincial Permanent Secretaries, Permanent Secretaries from selected sector ministries, Directors of Planning from selected sector ministries, Regional Planners, Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil Society, the research and donor community. For the full list of participants and the conference programme refer to Appendix A and Appendix B, respectively.
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