‘Dollarisation’ in Zimbabwe and the Death of an Industry

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Notes

Mail and Guardian Online, Gono under pressure to go. 10 February 2009. Available from: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-02-08-gono-under-pressure-to-go

That figure written out is: 6,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000%. Zimbabwe: inflation at 6.5 quindecillion nvemdecillion percent. IRIN Online, 4 March 2009. Available from: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82500

All traders wished to remain anonymous. Interview with Street Trader 1, Harare, 6 February 2009.

Interview with Street Trader 2, Harare, 6 February 2009.

Zimbabwe: Tinashe Moyo, The Zimbabwe dollar is not only worthless but unavailable. IRIN Online, 4 March 2009. Available from: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=83237.

As Zimbabwean dollar dies, so does a lucrative career. Washington Post Online, 4 March 2009. Available from: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022003282_pf.html

Zim police launch crackdown on illegal forex traders. Polity.Org Online, 4 March 2009. Available from: http://www.polity.org.za/article/zim-police-launch-crackdown-on-illegal-forex-traders-2003-11-10.

As Zimbabwean dollar dies. Washington Post. See Note 6.

Interview with Street Trader. 1.

Interview with Street Trader 3, Harare, 6 February 2009.

Magunha, F., Bailey, A., and Ciffe, L., 2009. Remittance strategies of Zimbabweans in Northern England. Unpublished.

Hanke, S., 2008. Zimbabwe: From hyperinflation to growth. CATO Development Policy Analysis, No. 6, 25 July.

R.I.P. Zimbabwe Dollar. CATO Institute Online, 3 March 2009. Available from: http://www.cato.org/zimbabwe