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3、his publication has not been formally edited.United Nations publication issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.UNCTAD/ALDC/2022/5eISBN:978-92-1-001967-5iiiNational Productive Capacities Gap Assessment ZAMBIAUNCTAD has long been advancing conceptual and analytical frameworks

4、 on productive capacities centred policies and strategies,as well as international support measures(ISMS)in favour of the most vulnerable and weaker economies.UNCTAD has also developed a global multidimensional Productive Capacities Index(PCI)and has been assisting member States with National Produc

5、tive Capacities Gap Assessments(NPCGAs).These offer unique insights into the performance of the economies of structurally weak and vulnerable economies based on the PCI,empirical research and the countries development visions and plans.They help in the identification of each countrys comparative adv

6、antages and binding constraints to economic development,as well as mapping intervention strategies.This NPCGA for Zambia was prepared,under the overall guidance of Paul Akiwumi,Director,Division for Africa,Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes of UNCTAD,by a team led by Mussie Delelegn,Of