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Richard Lambert, in his last major speech as CBI director-general in January, rebuked the coalition government for its lack of focus on job creation and for so far failing to articulate in big picture terms its vision of what the UK economy might become.

Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund proves how much more can be achieved when local people are in control. Will the country’s new government take it to the next level? Austin Macauley reports

The run up to Zambia’s elections in September was characterised by as much mud slinging by rival politicians as you’d find in the UK. But there was one issue that they all agreed on: the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) must be protected at all costs.