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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>REDUCED government appetite for public works especially in the construction sector has led to the country experiencing low liquidity in 2022, economists Lubinda Haabazoka has stated.<\/p>\n

Dr. Haabazoka said in an interview that low liquidity levels being experienced in the country was affecting consumption at households and demand for goods and services for businesses has<\/p>\n

reduced. He said the government should in 2023 resume giving contracts to businesses and also procuring public works in order to feed liquidity into the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that government stabilizes and resume giving contracts to businesses and also procuring public works especially with the damage that is going to be caused by rains to feeder roads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Haabazoka urged government to reduce both economic and administrative barriers going forward following a lot of pronouncements made in 2022 to boost Small and Medium<\/p>\n

Enterprises (SMEs) so as to create wealth among citizens. He said economies have predicted sluggish performance of the economy in 2023 and hoped that Zambia would prepare itself so as to stimulate production and economic growth and aim at<\/p>\n

rebounding to grow the economy to over 4% per year. Dr. Haabazoka said increase Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was a step in the right direction in growing the economy however implementation has experienced some teething problems which the government should ensure to resolve.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. REDUCED government appetite for public works especially in the construction sector has led to the country experiencing low liquidity in 2022, economists Lubinda Haabazoka has stated. 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