LUANSHYA BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL

SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT

CIVIC EDUCATION HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

ASSIGNMENT TWO

INSTRUCTIONS: (a) Answer all the questions in your exercise books

(b) This work should be answered individually and make sure you answer all the questions

(c) Failure answer and submit the work will attract a punishment

Date given April 2023

Due date May 2023 Wednesday first week of opening

TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

INSTRUCTIONS: ( a)Answer all the questions

(b) This assignment is given to everyone from Grade 12N and 12T

1. Define the concepts below

(a) Planning

(b) Development planning

(c) Budget

(d) National development planning

2. What is a plan?

3. Mention three reasons for National development planning

4. What is the main purpose of development planning?

5. List six elements of a good development plan

6. What do a development plan focuses on?

7. List and explain on the four levels of planning

8. State the two important roles of a budget plan

9. In Zambia _______________________ mandates the Minister responsible for finance and National
planning to present the budget for approval to the National Assembly.
10. The National budget is presented every ____________ and implemented in January the following
year.

11. Briefly explain what happens before the national budget is presented?

12. What do the letters MTEF stands for.

13. Why was MTEF introduced?

14. Give an explanation on the budget process from stage 1, stage 2 ,stage 3 , stage 4 and stage 5

15. What is budget execution and explain on legislation and General warrant (GW).

16. What is monitoring and evaluation of the budget?

17. Define the term Fiscal Discipline and what it entails.

18. Describe the Zambia's National Development plans from 1964 to 2021.

19. Identify and explain the three types of development plans.

20. Distinguish centralised planning and Decentralised planning.

21. Mention five problems faced by centralised planning.

22. Describe regional and urban planning.

23. Analyse the importance of budgeting and fiscal discipline in development planning.

24. Mention eight aspects considered in order to achieve fiscal discipline.

25. Distinguish Micro- Financial institution from Macro- Financial institution.

26. Write examples of Micro- Financial institution and examples of Macro- Financial institution.

27. IMF stands for _____________________?.

28. State five objectives of the IMF.

29. Give an explanation on the following banks.

(a) World Bank

(b) African Development Bank(ADB)

(c) Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)

30. List seven (7) ways in which Development can be measured.

31. State four (4) aspects of Development which cannot be measured.

32. Define the term Indicators of development.

33. Mention four (4) indicators of development.

33. Give an explanation on the following

(i) Gross National product

(ii) Gross Domestic product

(iii) Human Development Index

(iv) Per Capital income .