By BUUMBA CHIMBULUGOVERNMENT should formulate and implement long-term industrialisation as well as export policies that will earn the country the much-needed forex to strengthen the Kwacha.This can be done through the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, and Ministry of National Development Planning, says economist at Equilibria Consulting Limited, Caesar Cheelo.Mr Cheelo said said there was need for policies and planning for long-term public investment in sectors that would unlock production and export potential.Mr Cheelo said the Government should rebuild value that would help the Kwacha appreciate further. He said this could be done through making public and private investment in direct production areas such as factories and farms and pushing out exports which will earn the country forex.“We need both the formulation and implementation of long-term industrialisation and export policies and plans in order to earn the forex needed to strengthen the Kwacha.“Typically, you can rebuild value by making public and private investment in direct […]
ZAMBIA NEEDS SOLID POLICIES TO BOOST EXPORT EARNINGS, SAYS ECONOMIST
