LUANDA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan government will implement a macroeconomic policy guaranteeing stability and efficiency of the national economy with a view to creating more jobs, Angola's official news agency ANGOP reported on Saturday.
Angolan Prime Minister Antonio Paulo Kassoma was quoted as saying that the macroeconomic policy for 2009 is to secure conditions for economic stability and efficiency and contribute for a positive and controlled balance of payment.
Kassoma said the public finances for 2009 will be directed to goals such as the provision of public and semi-public goods, the resolution to income imbalances and participation in efforts of economic convergence within the framework of the Southern Africa Development Community and the Economic Community of East Africa.
He added that the monetary and exchange policy is expected to contribute to a "relatively low" inflation and the stability of the extreme value of the national currency and prices, efficient functioning of the markets with a view to backing the economic growth and strengthening of the private sector.
According to the prime minister, the macroeconomic policy set the goals, actions and political measures and respective goals on population, job creation, professional training, science and technology, investment and promotion of exports.
The priorities in such economic areas as agriculture, oil, gas, geology and mining, industry, commerce, hotels and tourism, are a part of the government general program for 2009, he said.
Great attention will also be paid to the construction of infrastructures such as public works, urbanization, housing, environmental protection, information technology as well as water supply, power supply, transport and telecom facilities.
The program also gives a highlight to the tasks of development for next year in the fields of education, public health, social integration and welfare, family and women promotion, sports and reform and modernization of the public administration, justice and national statistics system.
