The Economics and Business Research Programme broadly focuses on economic and business related issues. However, its main research areas include; event determined sectoral studies, development policy and strategies, labour and employment, regional cooperation and integration, entrepreneurship and private sector development as well as linkages between foreign investments and small and medium enterprises, among others.
Some of the most current research projects of the programme are as follows:
- Social Survey on former Refugees and Zambians in Mayukwayukwa and Maheba
- Monetary Incentives and Early Initiation of Antenatal Care: A Matched-Pair, Parralel- clustered Randomized Trial in Zambia
- Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) in Zambia, Data Quality Assessment