ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says he doubts the country has an economic strategy to revive the economy seeing that it hasn’t been implemented during the period Zambia has not been servicing its debts. Asked about the impact of debt restructuring on the local currency, Hambayi said, in an interview, that nothing in the debt restructuring process would be able to support the stability of the Kwacha. “Nothing in the debt restructuring will be able to support the stability of the kwacha in terms of exchange rate. Firstly is that you must appreciate, in terms of our debt restructuring, what we were trying to do was to be able to bring the country to a position where it can afford [to repay...

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