IMF chief set for Zambia visit
09 Mar 2010
By KASUBA MULENGAA HIGH powered delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by managing director Dominique Strauss-Khan will be visiting Zambia this week for a series of meetings with Government, civil society and business organisations.
Ministry of Finance and National Planning public relations officer Chileshe Kandeta announced this in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday.
Mr Kandeta said the IMF delegation, which will be in the country on Wednesday and Thursday, is expected to hold consultative meetings with President Banda and Minister of Finance and National Planning Situmbeko Musokotwane during which they will look at key financial, development and economic affairs.
“Mr Strauss-Khan is also scheduled to face civil society groups, business associations and students from Zambian institutions of higher learning at an open and frank debate session scheduled for the Mulungushi International Conference Centre on Thursday, March 11, 2010,” he said.
Mr Kandeta said the visit by Mr Strauss-Khan is significant to Zambia as it will exhibit the confidence that the IMF and other co-operating partners have in the country’s economic development programmes.
He said the visit is also an indicator of the confidence the IMF has in the measures which the Zambian Government has put in place to revive growth and reinforce resilience to economic shocks experienced during the global economic downturn.
“The Ministry of Finance and National Planning looks forward to successful consultative meetings with Mr Strauss-Khan and his delegation,” Mr Kandeta said.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
