DC
[Morgan TSVANGIRAI]; United Parties [Abel MUZOREWA]; Zimbabwe African
National Union-Ndonga or ZANU-Ndonga [leader NA]; Zimbabwe African
National Union-Patriotic Front or ZANU-PF [Robert Gabriel MUGABE];
Zimbabwe African Peoples Union or ZAPU [Paul SIWELA]

Political pressure groups and leaders: National Constitutional Assembly
or NCA [Lovemore MADHUKU]

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA,
FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, OPCW, PCA,
SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Simbi Veke MUBAKO FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326 telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100
chancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009

Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador
Joseph G. SULLIVAN embassy: 172 Herbert
P. O. Box 3340, Harare telephone:
Flag description: seven equal horizontal bands of green, yellow, red,
black, red, yellow, and green with a white isosceles triangle edged
in black with its base on the hoist side; a yellow Zimbabwe bird is
superimposed on a red five-pointed star in the center of the triangle

Economy Zimbabwe

Economy - overview: The government of Zimbabwe faces a wide variety
of difficult economic problems as it struggles to consolidate earlier
moves to develop a market-oriented economy. Its involvement in the
war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, has already
drained hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy. Badly needed
support from the IMF has been suspended because of the country's failure
to meet budgetary goals. Inflation rose from an annual rate of 32% in
1998 to 59% in 1999, to 60% in 2000, and to 100% by yearend 2001. The
economy is being steadily weakened by excessive government deficits,
AIDS, and rampant inflation. The government's land reform program,
characterized by chaos and violence, has derailed the commercial sector,
the traditional source of exports and foreign exchange and the provider
of 400,000 jobs. Distribution of income is extremely unequal.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $28 billion (2001 est.)

GDP - real growth rate: -6.5% (2001 est.)

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $2,450 (2001 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11% industry: 14% services:
75% (2000 est