INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund Resident Representative in Zambia Eric Lautier says unpredictable policy decisions and too much bureaucracy is discouraging investment. And Lautier says it is difficult to measure the success of IMF programmes due to the absence of counter factors. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Lautier noted that the private sector still faced barriers in growing their businesses and creating jobs. “The key concern for the private sector is essentially, they still face barriers to make business grow and create jobs. There’s still many unpredictable policy decisions. There’s a lot of bureaucracy and red tape that is demanded to the private sector. This does create uncertainty and discourage investment. So these kind of like unclear kind of...
