Church’s Social Teaching And The Economy In Zambia
Abstract
Since we are going to be talking about Zambia in great detail this afternoon, I want to open with a phrase I use more and more these days: "Zambia is a very rich country, a very rich country indeed, but Zambia is a country of very poor people, very poor people indeed!” How and why the two parts of that sentence come together is not simply an economic issue, but primarily a moral, ethical, indeed religious issue. And that is why our discussion this afternoon focuses on Zambia’s economy and the Church’s social teaching.
Description
To speak of the economy in Zambia, let me Introduce my presentation with mention of three books that have a particular focus on a people-oriented economy. These are studies that challenge very strongly the ordinary discussions, frameworks, parameters, and
measurements that characterise so much of economic planning, decisions and outcomes of the Zambian government and the international financial institutions that have such an influence on that government.