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Zimbabwe Investment Climate
Zimbabwe Investment Climate
OR REALITY
THE MYTH
THE REALITY
ECONOMIC TRANSTION
118.00
116.00
Real GDP Growth
SOUTH AFRICA
SADC
108.00
106.00 104.00 102.00 100.00 2009 2010 2011 2012
Source: AFDB Dataportal
COST OF CAPITAL
9.00
8.00 7.00
3.00
2.00 1.00 0.00
10-2012
12-2012
02-2013
09-2012
11-2012
01-2013
03-2013
04-2013
05-2013
06-2013
07-2013
08-2013
09-2013
10-2013
COST OF CAPITAL
9
8 7
6 % YTW 5
4
3
2 1 0
01-2013
05-2013
09-2013
09-2012
10-2012
11-2012
12-2012
02-2013
03-2013
04-2013
06-2013
07-2013
08-2013
10-2013
COST OF CAPITAL
Kenya
Mozambique
Namibia Nigeria Zambia
20%
Zimbabwe
15% 10% 5% 0%
Source: World Bank Development Indicators & Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
2010
2011
2012
10%
5% 0% Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
8 000
6 000 4 000 2 000 -
Jan-09
Dec-10
Dec-11
Dec-12
Dec-13
Latest*
Mining
Services Tourism
Transport
$5 130
$577 $662
$229
China
Isle of Man BVI RSA $3 640 Mauritius
Foreign % Participation
20%
10% 0% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Agricultural output ('000 tonnes) 2000 Maize Tobacco(mkgs) Beef Cotton Sugar Soya beans Horticulture Dairy( m litres) 1,545 198 71 304 586 99 63 153 2008 575 45 90 235 298 48 60 46 2009 1,140 58 93 226 259 115 45 40 2010 1,300 123 101 260 350 135 50 45 2011 1,452 133 94 250 372 84 45 63 2012f 968 140 94 350 430 71 51 65 2013f 1,400 165 94 283 450 115 54 70
250
200 150 100 50 Cotton Production (rebased) Tobacco Production (rebased)
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012f 2013f
250
200
Sugar Production (rebased) Soya bean Production (rebased) Wheat production (rebased)
100
50
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012f
2013f
$657
$507
$663
$443
$291 $213 $167 $208 $131 $44 0 2010 2011 0 2012 0 2013 0
$91