Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 10 July 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the situation in Zimbabwe on the rest of southern Africa.
The crisis in Zimbabwe is increasingly damaging regional economies. It has adversely impacted on inflation and interest rates in neighbouring countries. Negative perceptions of Zimbabwe have deterred foreign direct investment and tourism to the region. Zimbabwe's neighbours are also suffering from an influx of cheap Zimbabwean goods and largely unskilled Zimbabwean migrants; and from an increase in the cross border spread of foot and mouth disease.
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