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Zimbabwe:
'We Seek Friendship,' Says Mugabe
RFI, 9 August 2010
A week after Robert Mugabe told the US and EU to "go to hell" at his sister's funeral - a comment that prompted Western diplomats to stage a walk-out - the Zimbabwean President… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Keep Your Aid, Mugabe Now Tells Donors
Nation, 9 July 2010
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has today said that the impoverished country does not need financial support from the West to kick start its comatose economy. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Are IMF Policy Options to Country Feasible?
Financial Gazette, 8 July 2010
On June 23 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report entitled, Zimbabwe: Challenges and Options after Hyperinflation. The report gives advice to the Government… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Foreign Reserves to Be Negative Until 2015 - IMF
Financial Gazette, 8 July 2010
ZIMBABWE'S gross official reserves, a measurement of how many months' import cover the country's foreign reserves are worth, will remain in negative territory until 2015, a new… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
IMF Report Says Only Debt Relief Can Save Economy
SW Radio, 8 July 2010
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday published a staff paper that held grim news for Zimbabwe's economy. The IMF said that the country's debt is so heavy it cannot be… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Nation Needs Debt Relief to Recover, Says IMF
allAfrica, 8 July 2010
Zimbabwe is in a state of "debt distress" and is preparing a request for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative established by international… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Finance Minister Faces Big Fiscal Policy Task
The Herald, 8 July 2010
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti faces a mammoth task when he presents his mid-term fiscal policy review statement next week. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Stay Clear of IMF Trickery, ZCTU Warns Government
Financial Gazette, 2 July 2010
ZIMBABWE'S main labour body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has warned government to carefully consider advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), stressing… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mineral Wealth No Match for Debt
Zimbabwe Independent, 1 July 2010
ZIMBABWE'S mining wealth will not provide sufficient resources to settle the country's external debt even if the government mortgaged its future fiscal revenues from the sector,… Read more »