NAIROBI, Kenya — African countries must move beyond political commitments and embed the Common African Position on Debt into national debt management, fiscal and budgetary systems, a Malawi government economist said Wednesday, writes Winston Mwale.
Chikondi Phiri, principal economist in Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation, said political will alone would not be enough to turn the Common African Position on Debt into an effective and sustainable programme.
Phiri was speaking during a panel discussion titled “From Declaration to Delivery: Building the Institutional Architecture and Mutual Accountability Mechanisms for the…