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Acknowledgments
T
his report is prepared by the World Bank in close collaboration with the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Zambia. The Government team was led by Chitundu
Mwango, the Accountant General, Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MFNP).
James Mulungushi, Director of Planning, MFNP, provided crucial leadership at the
early stage. The Government team provided two rounds of detailed comments on
the first draft of the report, organized a two-day donor workshop in Lusaka, and
made presentations of the draft report at the workshop. During the workshop, useful
comments were received from several donors, which were subsequently integrated into
the report. Patrick Kalifungwa and Felix Mutati, both Deputy Ministers of Finance and
National Planning, provided guidance and support to the joint Government-Bank team
during the workshop. Subsequent formal Government comments on the green cover
of the report were received and integrated in October 2003. The full list of the
Government team appears below.
From the World Bank side, the report was prepared by a team led by Hinh Dinh
(Lead Economist) and consisted of Abebe Adugna (Task Manager and Coordinating
Author), Bernard Myers (Principal Author), Mushiba Nyamazana (Government and
donor coordinator), Iraj Talai (Country Financial Accountability Assessment Team
Coordinator), Subhash Dhingra (Country Procurement Assessment Review Team
Coordinator), Harry Garnett (Public Sector Reform Program Coordinator), Jishnu Das
(Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Coordinator), Stephano Fassina (IMF), Edward
Olowo-Okere, Nicola Smithers (PEFA Secretariat), Ronald Quist (EU Consultant),
Jesse Hughes (Consultant), Fenwick Chitalu and Bwalya Mumba. The team visited
Zambia in 2001 and 2002. Financial assistance was provided by the Japanese PHRD, the
United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the EU.
The reviewers of the report were Michael Stevens, Anand Rajaram, and David Shand.
Substantive contributions and helpful comments were received from Bruce Jones, Delfin
Go, Anthony Hegarty, Richard Allen, and Jos Verbeek. Michael Stevens provided detailed
comments and sustained advice to the team on the adequacy of the legal framework and
the institutional structures for accountability. Anand Rajaram also assisted the team with
prioritization and sequencing of the many recommendations of the report. The IMF team
on Zambia led by Robert Sharer and subsequently by David Andrews provided valuable
inputs and comments.
Philippe Le Houerou, Yaw Ansu, Hartwig Schafer, Laurence Clarke, and Ohene
Nyanin provided guidance and support to the team. Le Houerou guided the team
throughout the preparation of the report, and provided substantive and valuable
comments on all aspects of the report. Dotilda Sidibe provided assistance in document
preparation, and Zoe Vantzos assisted in proof-reading. The support of the Zambia
country team, particularly of the Lusaka Country Office, is gratefully acknowledged.
The report benefited from active participation of Zambian Government officials
and of donor representatives. A partial list of names appears below.