ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the impact of Zambia’s structural adjustment programmes (SAP) on one social group, youths. It identifies the socio-economic difficulties associated with SAPs which those youths face and discusses the strategies adopted to cope with these difficulties. The role and process of SAPs in reviving the economies of developing countries as part of the efforts to promote social development has attracted much attention. Settlement schemes and skills training programmes were seen as the answer to the mounting problem of youth unemployment. The majority of university and college students are between the ages of 18 and 24, although there are some students who enter the university as mature age students. Many scholars who have analyzed students in Zambia have concentrated more on university students than college students. In order to understand the economic crisis and related adjustment and coping strategies, one must also understand some of the macro changes in the Zambia political economy.
