وقد أوصت المؤسسات المالية المتعددة الأطراف بتحرير اقتصاد زامبيا، غير أن هذه السياسة قد أضرت بشعب زامبيا.
Multilateral financial institutions had recommended the liberalization of the Zambian economy, but that policy had worked to the disadvantage of the Zambian people. The foreign debt problem of Zambia needed to be resolved if economic growth was to take place.