Zimbabwe: State Abetting Mismanagement

DESPITE public pronouncements by government that it is seized with efforts to turn around the country's economic fortunes, economic analysts are not convinced that President Robert Mugabe's administration has acted in a way that engenders the much-needed confidence in the economy.

In addition to the country's controversial land reform and the indigenisation programmes -- policies that have only served to chase away potential investors from Zimbabwe -- government itself has gone further to heighten investor fears by behaving in a way that only confirms that Zimbabwe indeed still operates a command economy.

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