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Zimbabwe
Population: 12.6 mn.
GDP: 7.5 bn.
Debt: 6.2 bn.
Overview:

President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai want an election this year, but another violent debacle looms in the absence of a constitutional solution. Farm and mining output, particularly platinum and diamonds, will improve. 

Zimbabwe Country Report



news from Zimbabwe

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  • Vol 50 No 3
  •  6th February 2009

Harare's new rule book

Under the terms of the 'Global Political Agreement' the power-sharing government will be made up as follows: the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front will have 16 ministers, the Movement for Democratic Change-Morgan Tsvangirai faction, twelve, ...

  • Vol 50 No 3
  •  6th February 2009

High stakes in the Gonopoly game

Basking in President Robert Mugabe's approbation, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono has shrugged off opposition calls for his dismissal for incompetence and corruption and looks forward to a future running economic policy alongside the opposit...

  • Vol 50 No 1
  •  9th January 2009

The end game speeds up

Six Zimbabweans make diverse predictions about economic and political developments in the year ahead but agree on the main problem

  • Vol 49 No 25
  •  12th December 2008

Mutinies, money and Mugabe

After soldiers rampage through Harare, the Reserve Bank Governor delivers cash directly to the barracks

  • Vol 49 No 25
  •  12th December 2008

No change we can believe in

The US dollarisation of Zimbabwe’s economy has a caused a crisis over small change. There are plenty of US$100 and $50 notes but not enough of the lower denominations. The gap is partly filled by fuel coupons. The fuel companies have taken to issuing 5 an...

  • Vol 49 No 24
  •  28th November 2008

Greed in a time of cholera

Madhouse market economics and avaricious leaders are fuelling catastrophe as cholera begins to spread

  • Vol 49 No 24
  •  28th November 2008

Making money with Britain's help

Share transfers can provide a means to export foreign exchange from Zimbabwe, as long as you get permission

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

The Gono hot air balloon

The Reserve Bank Governor has declared war on the currency with disastrous results

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

A mysterious US$100 million

Vital questions emerge from the US dollarisation of Zimbabwe: where have all the US bills come from? How long can the supply continue? How will they be replaced once they become tattered from overuse? Everyone from street vendors to foreign exchange burea...

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

Mutual aid

President Robert Mugabe initially responded to the world's financial crisis with more than a touch of Schadenfreude. This has given way to panic as the implications become clear. For years, the Reserve Bank has been buying Old Mutual shares on the Harare ...

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