:: BANK STRUCTURE

Since it's inception the Bank of Zambia has gone through various changes in it's organisational structure. Overtime, this has resulted into an organisational structure which has become more focused on the core activities of the central bank. Furthermore the Bank has shed off staff in areas where outsiders could easily be contracted to provide the same services more satisfactorily. The areas now being contracted to external bodies include : outside security, canteen services, club and maintenance. As a result of the restructuring exercise, the Bank has seen the total number of staff fall from 1,400 to well below 850. But while more such functions have been dropped, others more critical in the new liberalised environment have emerged. These new areas are mainly in the policy making arena. Currently, the Bank of Zambia organisational structure is as follows: