The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) is a not-for-profit, membership-based think-tank, working on economic policy issues. The organization was established in 1999, as the Zambia Trade Network (this was an idea developed by the Zambia Association for Research and Development-ZARD) primarily to respond to emerging issues of gender and trade. The organization was registered in December 2004 as the Civil Society Trade Network of Zambia (CSTNZ) but later rebranded in 2009 from a trade advocacy network to an economic think tank on trade and development called the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). Further, the change implied that the organization needed to develop its internal analytical and policy research capacities on trade and taxation to remain relevant to effective trade and tax policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. CTPD presently has a membership of 16 local Non-Governmental Organization’s (NGOs) and individual members.
To work and contribute towards enhanced socio-economic outcomes for the marginalized poor through evidence generation, policy influencing, political engagement and coordinated stakeholder action.
To be a leading independent think tank and advocacy institution championing an economically just and inclusive society
We will exercise fairness in our programming and general conduct with stakeholders and partners.
We will uphold and promote inclusiveness in all our engagements and Partnerships.
We will seek to achieve mutual benefits for all concerned and especially the marginalized poor.
We will remain non-partisan in our work and seek to achieve impacts for all communities that we work with.
We will uphold gender sensitivity in our programming, public engagement and advocacy.
We will anchor our operations and governance on the pillars of transparency, accountability and integrity work.
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