By Henry Kyambalesa
With a Human Development Index (HDI) score of 0.561, Zambia is currently ranked 141st out of 187 countries - a rank that falls within the 'medium human development' category. And while there was a declining trend in the country's HDI between 1980 and 1990, there has been a rising trend in the Index between 1990 to date. This is certainly a good trajectory!
However, we should not be content with our current HDI ranking; we should strive to pull our beloved country from the 'medium human development' category into the 'high human development' category!
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