01 September 2025

2025 Mid-Year Social Sector Budget Analysis Report

The 2025 National Budget, themed “Building Resilience for Inclusive Growth and Improved Livelihoods”, reflects Zambia’s strategic response to the socio-economic shocks caused by the 2023/24 drought. With a total allocation of K217.1 billion, representing a 22.0% nominal increase over 2024, the budget is anchored o...
03 June 2025

UNICEF Urges Child-Centered Climate Action Ahead of World Environment Day

LUSAKA, Zambia, 03 June 2025, --- UNICEF Zambia today presented the Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) report which highlights the urgent need to integrate children’s needs into Zambia’s climate policies and programming Children are disproportionately affected by climate change due to their unique phys...
08 April 2025

UNICEF Urban QUIP Report and Brief

The Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme in Zambia is the country’s largest and most important poverty-targeted social protection intervention. Established with the main objective of reducing extreme poverty and the intergenerational transfer of poverty, it targets five categories of vulnerable households and prov...
10 June 2024

The National and District-Level Development Finance Assessment Reports

The launch of the National and District-Level Development Finance Assessment Reports reflects a collaborative effort between the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR), UNICEF, and UNDP. ZIPAR, with support from UNDP, conducted a comprehensive DFA at the national level in 2021. Additionally, UNI...
19 December 2023

Driving Change for Children through Data

UNICEF is supporting the Government of Zambia to reach out to more than 51,000 children and adolescents who dropped out of school during 2021 or are at risk of dropping out due to child marriage and early pregnancy. An innovative digital data collection tool, Kobo Collect, was developed and piloted to track the learners and various interventions…
30 November 2018

Evaluation of the Data Site Must Speak Community-Friendly Profiles in Zambia

Key findings: - 80% of families report that they are informed about what is happening at school - 5% of parents already use the school profiles to get information about their child’s school - 66% of caregivers report that they are satisfied with the school (75% for parents who get most of their information about t...