FORMER Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga says the country needs a comprehensive economic recovery plan which it can stick to for about 20 years, regardless of which political party is in office. On Wednesday, the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) urged the government to keep pushing for debt restructuring but also start crafting a plan B should that process take longer than planned. ZICA also urged government to consider arranging a one on one meeting with China since that country has been singled out for delaying the debt restructuring process. Commenting on this in an interview, Thursday, Mvunga said debt restructuring was a once-off thing, but what the country really needed was a comprehensive economic recovery plan. “You...

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