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Zambia's Human Development Report 2011: Service Delivery for Sustainable Human Development in Zambia addresses the gains, opportunities and challenges in four sectors critical to Zambia's human development progress: namely, agriculture, education, health, and water and sanitation. It is premised on global evidence and widely accepted analysis that the provision of public goods and services in these four sectors is a prerequisite for the development of human capabilities and enhanced well-being. Ensuring and even improving the provision of services is not enough, however; it has to be done on the basis of equal and affordable access, and sustained quality if the most vulnerable populations are to lift themselves out of poverty. Achieving this could deeply impact the course of human development in Zambia. The report points to secondary and tertiary education falling short of catering to the learning needs and skills demands of a young and growing population. This requires a focus on both quality of learning and completion from early childhood learning through grade 12, and on the ratio of trained teachers to students at each level, as key to boosting the relevance and impact of education.

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