nstitutional council; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday: Independence Day, 24 October (1964)

Executive branch: president, prime minister, Cabinet

Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Leaders:
Chief of State--President Dr. Kenneth David KAUNDA (since 24 October
1964);

Head of Government--Prime Minister Gen. Malimba MASHEKE (since 15 March
1989)

Political parties and leaders: only party--United National
Independence Party (UNIP), Kenneth Kaunda

Suffrage: universal at age 18

Elections:
President--last held 26 October 1988
(next to be held October 1993);
results--President Kenneth Kaunda was reelected without opposition;

National Assembly--last held 26 October 1988
(next to be held October 1993);
results--UNIP is the only party;
seats--(136 total, 125 elected) UNIP 125

Communists: no Communist party

Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto), IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, ILZSG, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IPU, ITU,
NAM, OAU, SADCC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Paul J. F. LUSAKA; Chancery
at 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-9717
through 9721;
US--Ambassador Jeffrey DAVIDOW; Embassy at corner of Independence Avenue
and United Nations Avenue, Lusaka (mailing address is P. O. Box 31617, Lusaka);
telephone 2601o 214911

Flag: green with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side),
black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag

- Economy
Overview: Despite temporary growth in 1988, the economy has been in
decline for more than a decade with falling imports and growing foreign
debt. Economic difficulties stem from a sustained drop in copper production
and ineffective economic policies. In 1988 real GDP stood only slightly
higher than that of 10 years before, while an annual population growth of
more than 3% has brought a decline in per capita GDP of 25% during the same
period. A high inflation rate has also added to Zambia's economic woes in
recent years.

GDP: $4.0 billion, per capita $530; real growth rate 6.7% (1988)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 55.7% (1988)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget: revenues $570 million; expenditures $939 million,
including capital expenditures of $36 million (1988 est.)

Exports: $1,184 million (f.o.b., 1988); commodities--co