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Transitional economist Sebastian Kopulande says Least Developed Countries (LDC) like Zambia require poverty oriented structural transformation to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Mr. Kopulande says this poverty oriented structural transformation is one that generates income above the poverty national datum line of US$1.25 per day to US$10 per day.
He says this transformation must also shift productive resources to higher productive sectors and provide employment and economic opportunity for the entire economically active population.
Mr. Kopulande notes that this is besides ensuring that the Country has a wider tax base to enable government meet its obligations.
He notes that as long as government does not have a system to collect its tax, it will not be able invest in infrastructure that is needed to transform rural parts of the Country.
Mr. Kopulande adds that achieving economic transformation also requires hastening signages between agricultural upgrading and development of the rural non farm economy.
He said this when he gave an overview of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) LDC 2015 report which was launched today at a ceremony held in Lusaka.