ORSB – ANGOLA COUNTRY STRATEGY PAPER 2011 - 2015
ANNEX 6 – Government and MPLA’s strategic development policies
Long-Term “Visão 2025”
The long term the strategy Angola 2025, has a generalized conceptual view of the country
development. The 15 structural concepts are:
i. Build a future based on Man’s History, but above all on their adherence to a vision
ii. Eradicate famine, poverty and illiteracy
iii. Value people, knowledge and innovation
iv. Value work, entrepreneurship and savings
v. End military conflict, and promote social and political peace
vi. Stop environmental and natural resources misuse
vii. Promote active citizenship and democratic participation and equal opportunities
viii. Respect ethnic and linguistic differences
ix. Safeguard inter-generation solidarity
x. Promote ethics an transparency on business, economical, social and institutional relations
xi. Eliminate every form of discrimination in particular gender
xii. Eliminate any form of economical slavery
xiii. Control macro economical and public finance imbalances to prevent inflation and crisis
xiv. Promote decentralization and deconcentration of the State and public administration
xv. Geographical rebalance of growth
MPLA’s Election Program for 2009 – 2012
MPLA’s election program was based in 12 policy guidelines to be pursued while in government:
a. Fight poverty and misery with reduction of poverty
b. Foster economy development sustainability
c. Continue national reconstruction program
d. Modernize Public Administration
e. Diversify and modernize the economy
f. Modernize and strengthen the financial system
g. Accelerate industrial development
h. Assist integrated rural development
i. Build and capacitate human resources
j. Foster entrepreneurship
k. Increase income and employment
l. Increase Angolans living standards
Government’s National Plan for 2010 – 2011
MPLA’s election program was based in 12 policy guidelines to be pursued while in government:
- Promote national cohesion and unity and consolidate institutions and democracy
- Assure high sustainable economic growth with macroeconomic stability and diversification
of economic activity
- Improve Angolan’s living standards and human development
- Stimulate the domestic private sector and national entrepreneurs
- Enhance Angola’s competitiveness in the international scene
- Mitigate imbalances between urban and peri-urban and rural areas
- Foster industrial production to accelerate import substitution
- Rehabilitate and develop infrastructures necessary to the country’s reconstruction
- Modernize the financial sector and transform Angola in a regional financial stronghold
- Define and implement an effective policy for Social Protection and Social Solidarity
- Secure the rapid urbanization of shantytowns and the modernization of urban communities
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