The mission assisted the staff of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to compile financial soundness indicators (FSIs) in line with the IMF's 2019 FSIs Compilation Guide, and introduced a framework for incorporating new FSIs for insurance corporations

As a follow-up to the 2019 FSSR, a remote TA mission supported the RBZ on updating regulations to the Basel III capital framework. The mission reviewed Zimbabwe's capital framework (laws, guidelines, and templates of prudential returns), identified areas to update capital requirements, discussed...

The Financial Sector Stability Review (FSSR), which was conducted in November 2018, identified areas requiring improvement and technical assistance in Zimbabwe's regulatory and supervisory frameworks, including the need to strengthen the capital framework for the banking sector. With the support...

This Technical Assistance report on Zimbabwe focuses on details of National Accounts mission. The mission reviewed the recently produced estimates of annual gross domestic product (GDP) by the production approach (GDP(P)) for the year 2022. Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) had made...

Zimbabwe experienced severe exogenous shocks (cyclone Idai, protracted drought, and the COVID-19 pandemic) during 2019-20, which along with policy missteps in 2019, led to a deep recession and high inflation. Real GDP contracted cumulatively by 11.7 percent during 2019-20 and inflation reached...

The political climate of any country has become one of the pillars of decision-making for investment and any other financial business. Zimbabwe is one of the countries that have experienced political instability for the longest time. Many studies have looked at the impact of political risk on...

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a prominent financial inclusion initiative in many developing countries. In Zimbabwe, however, less is known about microfinance borrowers, determinants of loan utilisation and borrowers’ repayment behaviour. Demonstrating that MFIs serve those who are...

This study analysed food expenditure patterns and income elasticities differentiated by gender of household head and income levels. Data came from 32, 256 households drawn from the Zimbabwe Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Survey of 2017. Female headed households had higher vegetable...