“Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what transformations for whom?

Gary Edwards

Published

15 Sept 2026

The new Zimbabwe Growth and Jobs Report from the World Bank argues for a major structural transformation of the economy, taking advantage of the recent period of relative macroeconomic stability and new prospects for debt and arrears clearance. However, the big unanswered question is: transformation to what for whom? The report opens with a very [...]The post “Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what transformations for whom? appeared first on Institute of Development Studies.