Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Finance, Vera Daves, said in Washington that the mobilization of financial resources for the country is one of the major issues on the agenda of meetings with the Bretton Woods Institutions.
During an interview, on the sidelines of the meetings, Vera Daves shared that the Angolan delegation will be focused on listening to and understanding the performance and perspectives of the global, continental and regional economy, as well as knowing not only the main threats, but also the main opportunities that dominate the financial market.
The Finance Minister provided an overview of the approaches that dominated the first day of work with the World Bank.
“We have shared with the World Bank group what our main needs are in the field of infrastructure, in the field of support to the private sector, in the field of technical assistance, and we hope that both the World Bank group and the African Development and the other institutions with whom we are going to meet support us in the materialization of the set of projects and programs that we are preparing”.
“The beginning – he continued – will be the preparation of the National Development Plan for the period from 2023 to 2027 and the Executive will request support in terms of knowledge and ideas from multilateral partners so that these strategies are aligned with the PDN”.
“We are having a very good reception with this way of working and we hope to optimize the resources that are made available to us, but also the accumulated knowledge that these multilaterals have, related to development programs”, he highlighted.
The Minister of Finance also said that in addition to this process of listening and establishing connections, the Angolan Executive’s vision for the next five years will be shared with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, other associated institutions and also with the African Development Bank, with whom the Delegation has already had a first meeting, this Monday, 10.
“We had a meeting with the Executive Director of our Constitution, with the aim of demonstrating what our vision is for the Angolan economy to grow, so that we can protect the most vulnerable families from the different shocks that are happening in terms of food supply. , food prices, so that our objective is, in addition to sharing our vision and concerns, also to capture those who are the advice and contributions to the realization of that vision.
He stressed, on the other hand, that there will also be moments of interaction with investors and that Angolan representatives will participate in meetings organized by different financial institutions, where the Key Star of Angola will be shared, and what is carried out in the field of various policies , namely fiscal, monetary and exchange rate and what is the Executive’s vision of the future.
“How do you intend to continue interacting with the markets and what kind of information can you continuously provide to reinforce the market’s confidence in Angola, in the robustness of economic indicators and in what is planned to be done with the resources that may eventually be mobilized by via the markets”, he pointed out.
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