Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009

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dc.contributor.advisorGstraunthaler, Thomasen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCoomber, Jaysonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-10T13:43:25Z
dc.date.available2015-02-10T13:43:25Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 56-67).en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this paper will be on Zimbabwe’s particular hyperinflationary episode. The crisis has its roots in Zimbabwe's struggle for independence, which took place in the 1970s. This struggle, known as the Second Chimurengo, culminated in Zimbabwe’s declaration of Independence on April 18, 1980. The incumbent President Mugabe has repeatedly referred to the current period of Zimbabwe’s history as the Third Chimurenga: the final stage in Zimbabwe's battle against those he terms the "neo-colonialists" (Raftopoulos, 2009). Given all the hyperinflations of the past, the question to be asked is whether the Zimbabwean experience is an isolated economic novelty; or, rather, is it simply a repetition of the economic and political follies that have plagued some of the fiat governments of the modern world? The purpose of this research, then, is to provide a detailed historical account of the economic side of the crisis, documenting the observable causes and phenomena that accompanied it. This account will then form the basis of a historical analysis of the key features that the Zimbabwean episode shares with other past hyperinflations, in an attempt to draw universal conclusions about the emergence and development of such episodes.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCoomber, J. (2010). <i>Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12427en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCoomber, Jayson. <i>"Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12427en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCoomber, J. 2010. Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Coomber, Jayson AB - The focus of this paper will be on Zimbabwe’s particular hyperinflationary episode. The crisis has its roots in Zimbabwe's struggle for independence, which took place in the 1970s. This struggle, known as the Second Chimurengo, culminated in Zimbabwe’s declaration of Independence on April 18, 1980. The incumbent President Mugabe has repeatedly referred to the current period of Zimbabwe’s history as the Third Chimurenga: the final stage in Zimbabwe's battle against those he terms the "neo-colonialists" (Raftopoulos, 2009). Given all the hyperinflations of the past, the question to be asked is whether the Zimbabwean experience is an isolated economic novelty; or, rather, is it simply a repetition of the economic and political follies that have plagued some of the fiat governments of the modern world? The purpose of this research, then, is to provide a detailed historical account of the economic side of the crisis, documenting the observable causes and phenomena that accompanied it. This account will then form the basis of a historical analysis of the key features that the Zimbabwean episode shares with other past hyperinflations, in an attempt to draw universal conclusions about the emergence and development of such episodes. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009 TI - Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12427 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12427
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCoomber J. Zimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12427en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Finance and Taxen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFinancial Managementen_ZA
dc.titleZimbabwe's economic crisis & hyperinflation, 1997-2009en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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