Economics

Locked Out of Aid, Zimbabwe Begs IMF and World Bank for Help

Government receives no response to a letter to multilaterals
Zimbabwe acknowledges responsibility for ‘policy missteps’

Members of National University of Science and Technology (NUST) work on specimens in a COVID-19 laboratory testing centre at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Photographer: Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images

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By Antony Sguazzin and Godfrey Marawanyika

May 3, 2020 at 5:23 AM UTC

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May 4, 2020 at 5:59 AM UTC

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Zimbabwe, locked out of coronavirus-related aid programs because of debt arrears, has thrown itself at the mercy of organizations including the International Monetary Fund. It has received no response.