SOUTHERN AFRICA Represented by Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi Namibia The major economic problems to be tackled 1.Low out put 2.Keeping inflation low 3.Fluctuation.

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SOUTHERN AFRICA Represented by Zambia Zimbabwe Malawi Namibia The major economic problems to be tackled 1.Low out put 2.Keeping inflation low 3.Fluctuation of the currency 4.Rising unemployment 5.Under employment and low productivity

6. Higher taxation 7. Rising corruption for higher ranking officials 8. Poverty is high 9. HIV&AIDS and malaria 10. Education standards very low 11. Growing foreign debt

Key Objectives to be achieved: 1. Creation of employment 2. Increase in national output (GDP) 3. Low tax – Pay as you earn 4. Eradication of HIV/Aids 5. Stop corruption 6. Improved education standards 7. Stop foreign debt

How to achieve our objectives 1. Government to increase expenditure on new projects which will lead to creation of employment 2. Investment in new technology 3. Raising the tax threshold and introduction of other tax systems to cover the informal sector

4. Government should find more people or companies to pay tax so that it has more revenue to pay medical staff and to build more hospitals, educational standards and also reduce foreign debt. 5. The improvement and tightening control mechanism in the system of taxation of companies, such system to be transparent and easy to use in the revenue collection e.g “final deduction system.”