Introduction
Tour Itinerary
Destinations
Kariba Dam
Chingola
Ngome shanty
Issues
Theories
Worksheets
Resources

Home Field Trips Foreign Aid Tour

Introduction to Aid Issues

Money received from foreign aid has had a marked effect on the economy of Zambia. In the Foreign Aid Tour you visit three destinations where you get a chance to consider all issues raised by the giving of foreign aid by donor countries. Each issue is looked at in a self-contained way and where appropriate linked in with the relevant economic theory.

Destination 1 Kariba Dam and the River Zambezi

• Building Kariba Dam
• External Costs of Building Kariba Dam
• External Benefits of Building Kariba Dam
• History of Aid in Zambia
• Zambian Railway Restructuring Project

Destination 2 Chingola in the Copperbelt

• HIV and AIDS in Zambia
• AIDS Orphan project in Chingola
• Non Governmental Organisations

Destination 3 Ngome township in Lusaka

• Microfinance
• CARE International: A Case Study of an NGO