Sat, 30 Sep 2017 10:52:28 +0000 …poverty reduction & job creation main focus By Annie Zulu GOVERNMENT will focus on poverty reduction and job creation as part of its drive to change the face of Zambia as it implements structural interventions anchored on the five pillars of the Seventh National Development Plan. The policy and structural interventions to be undertaken in 2018 will be aligned to the five pillars of the 7thNDP’s adopted interpreted multi sectoral approach to development, Finance Minister Felix Mutati has said. Mr Mutati cited the five pillars as economic diversification and job creation, poverty and vulnerability reduction, reducing development inequalities, enhancing human development and creating a conducive governance environment for a diversified and inclusive economy. The Minister said this when he presented the 2018 national budget in Parliament yesterday. He noted that there was need to create a supportive environment for effective implementation of the plan. “This will be done by […]
