Zimbabwe

Chaos in the public sector finances is a major cause of the country's economic crisis. Inefficiencies and corruption stretch across all state agencies, not least because governance... 2006-11-28

The government has said that it intends to invest more in its Central Statistical Office, but we are not holding our breath. Officially, the only figures that come out regularly are... 2006-11-28

The regime remains suspended from the Commonwealth, has long been on the brink of expulsion from the IMF, and a list of the country's leaders are under international personal travel... 2006-11-28

There has been little new recent data. The authorities have made much of the 200% fall (compared to August) in the monthly rate of inflation in September y-o-y to 1,023%, but we do... 2006-10-30

The government's land reforms have resulted in a 60% fall in domestic food production this decade. The expropriation of white-owned farms continues, with the latest seizures reported... 2006-10-30

The government's economic managers have for some considerable time been reduced to a 'fire-fighting' role in the face of the daunting productive and financial crisis facing the country.... 2006-10-30

President Robert Mugabe has said frequently that he will not tolerate public dissent. To back up his claim, Mugabe has put in place laws in Africa prohibiting every kind of protest,... 2006-10-03

The fact that a concerted opposition to Mugabe has yet to emerge is not due to a lack of pro-democracy forces, but to a woeful inability to co-ordinate behind the common goal of regime... 2006-10-03

Official statistics remain non-existent, other than unreliable monthly inflation figures that show a y-o-y rise of 1,205% in July. The domestic public debt is clearly out of control,... 2006-10-03

Amid uncertainty over who will succeed President Robert Mugabe, who is expected to retire in 2006, an internal power struggle is taking place within the ruling party (the Zimbabwe... 2006-09-05