Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will visit Africa March 7-11, to discuss opportunities and challenges facing African economies in the wake of the global crisis. Mr. Strauss-Kahn will visit Kenya on March 7-8, South Africa on March 9-10, and Zambia on March 10-11.
Mr. Strauss-Kahn will discuss the recent successes as well as the challenges the continent needs to address, including the impact of global climate change, a problem that disproportionately affects Africa. He will participate in a panel debate “Africa’s Economic Transformation: The Road Ahead”, which will also include Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta; Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai; rock star and activist Bob Geldof; and Transparency International’s Akere Muna.
During his visit to the three countries, Mr. Strauss-Kahn will hold a series of meetings with the authorities, trade unions, representatives of civil society, and the private sector. He will also give a speech on the global financial crisis at the University of Witswaterand during his visit to South Africa.
“I am very glad to come back to Africa and continue our engagement with African leaders and citizens in a fruitful and open policy dialogue,” Mr. Strauss-Kahn said. “It is an opportunity for us to deepen the dialogue on issues concerning the continent’s main challenge—sustaining solid growth in the post-crisis world to put Africa on the path of prosperity.”
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Please let us have a good guys meet this guy. Not RB, Not Shikapwasha, Not Mulongoti or Mangani must join the delegation that will meet him. Choise a few wise gusy to talk to him. Mutati must be there.
Civil society where are you? are we all happy with the prescriptions this IMF has been giving Zambia? Structural Adjustment programmes, Poverty Reduction Startegy and Growth papers etc. my view is that the man is a head of bank and has seen that Zambia at the moment has low debt levels USD1.2bn latest report, so he looking for a market to lend to.
so he has come to entice our careless leaders to borrow more, mortgage this lovely country again. Just a warning, future generations of europeans may not consider a jubilee 2000 again
Mr IMF please advise our leaders to reintroduce windfall taxes on the mines, put it as one of the conditionalities since African leaders listen to you more than they do from their citizens.
we want GRANTS from you not DEBTS. anyway DEBT CANCELLATION IS…
Here comes the IMF. I feel they are partly to blame for the economic mess we are in. They use a mix of aid, strong arm tactics and manipulation to get countries to sign up to their prescriptions. I am also of the view that they represent the interests of the Western Business interests