Zimbabwe: Rising Prices Hit the Poor Hardest

17 November 2017

It's getting more expensive to be poor. Over the past few months, prices have risen more quickly for many of the things that low-income households spend a lot of their money on, such as basic food commodities, services and other critical needs such as clothing and farm inputs. Prices of some building materials required by the poor have also gone up.

As a result, these households - families earning less than $200 are experiencing a higher rate of inflation. Even the majority of workers earning above this amount are feeling the pinch as salaries have remained stagnant despite a sharp rise in prices in recent months. The Government has been battling to avert supply gaps and end price hikes. Early this month, the Government announced that it was going to import agricultural inputs directly from the international manufacturers to keep input prices at reasonable prices.

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