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Economy of Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe, Unemployment, Hyperinflation, Names of large numbers, Ethiopia, Chromite, Coal, Asbestos, Copper, Nickel, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Robert Mugabe, Land reform in Zimbabwe
by Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), John McBrewster (Editor).
The once flourishing economy of Zimbabwe was collapsing due economic mismanagement, resulting in 94% unemployment and a hyperinflation that urged changing prices several times a day. The economy poorly transitioned in recent years, deteriorating from one of Africa's strongest economies to one of the world's worst. Inflation has surpassed that of all other nations at over 80 sextillion(1021)% (although it is impossible to calculate an accurate value), with the next highest in Ethiopia at 41%. Zimbabwe currently has the lowest GDP real growth rate in any independent country and third in total (behind Palestinian territories.) The country has huge reserves of metallurgical-grade chrome ore. The other viable mineral deposits include coal, asbestos, copper, nickel, gold, platinum, tantalum and iron ore. However the ongoing political turmoil and one of the world's highest rate of inflation have greatly impaired the progress. The hyperinvlation that many critics argue was caused by president Robert Mugabe's policies towards "land reform", have led to internal upheaval and population displacement and poverty with many Zimbabweans taking refuge in still functioning South Africa.
This book examines the United States’ relations with Zimbabwe from the 1950s to the late 1990s and offers a new interpretation of the US role in facilitating the settlement that brought peace and independence in Zimbabwe in 1980. By revealing the increasing importance of race relations in U.S. foreign policy from the 1960s to the 1980s, DeRoche fills the wide gap in the written history of US relations with Southern Africa. He includes extensive discussion about the influence of African Americans on US foreign policy from A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King, and 