The Eighth National Development Plan (8NDP) sets out Zambia’s strategic direction, development priorities and implementation strategies for the period 2022 to 2026. This Plan is a successor to the Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) that was implemented over the period 2017 to 2021 and the fourth in the series of National Development Plans (NDPs) towards the national Vision 2030 in which Zambians aspire to live in a prosperous middle-income nation. As the penultimate Plan, the 8NDP will play a pivotal role as a building block towards the attainment of the national vision.