Top government adviser, Ashok Chakravarti, told legislators during a post-budget seminar at a Harare hotel on Monday that it was impossible for the ministry of Finance alone to monitor 22 ministries and 114 parastatals, urging Parliament to exercise its oversight role.
January 2018 archive
Jan 09
Economists differ on rand adoption, reintroduction of Zim dollar
ECONOMISTS yesterday expressed divergent views over adoption of the South African rand and re-introduction of the local currency, with top government economic analyst Ashok Chakravarti telling MPs that Zimbabwe needs to either adopt the rand or re-introduce the Zimbabwean dollar to solve the foreign currency and cash crisis.
Jan 09
Former government economic advisor suggests Zim-dollar backed by diaspora bond
ECONOMIST and University of Zimbabwe lecturer Professor Ashok Chakravarti has challenged the finance ministry to consider the introduction of a new local currency backed by a diaspora bond.