Rural Urban Inequalities and Resource Allocation in Zambia

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Title:	Rural Urban Inequalities and Resource Allocation in Zambia
Author:	Rothchild, Donald S.
Year:	1972
Periodical:	Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies
Volume:	10
Issue:	3
Pages:	222-242
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zambia
Subjects:	standard of living rural development rural-urban disparity Urbanization and Migration Economics and Trade Bibliography/Research Politics and Government Development and Technology
Abstract:	The problem of rural-urban inequality is exceptionally pronounced in Zambia. With respect to income and occupation patterns as well as past expenditures on amenities and social services, something akin to a class distinction exists between the modern industrial and commercial sector and the hinterland. The Kaunda government pursued a 'reorganisation' model of change, designed to secure an equalisation of rural and urban services and more equal incomes. This approach has been challenged by the 'consolidation' model, which urged a concentration upon existing centres of strength. Actual expenditure patterns, however, have made manifest the fact that re-allocative equity is considerably more of a promise than a reality. Whether the Zambian leadership will be able to follow the heavily compromised middle course implied in the reorganisation model remains an open question. Notes.