Gideon Gono
Gideon Gono
Gideon Gonowas the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwefrom 2003 to 2013 and is the former CEO of the Jewel Bank, formerly known as the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe...
action community creditors currently effect efforts turnaround whose
We have just one request, ... Our creditors and the international community should not take precipitous action whose effect is to negate the turnaround efforts currently under way.
luxury car abuse
Those who want luxury cars should buy them at market rates and not ... abuse public funds.
invasion should
The invasions are totally unacceptable and should be stopped forthwith by whoever is doing it,
initiative rate policy
Positive response from some of our exporters and holders of free funds in response to some of the turnaround initiatives ... in particular the favourable exchange rate policies.
adversity dawn underestimate
This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.
moving land agriculture
I cite a good example, say, of agriculture, .. In agriculture we need to move with speed to bring to full utilization the land that is now in our possession. We need to curb aspects of corruption that are endemic in the economy. We need to be transparent in everything that we do. We need to be consistent in implementing the policies we would have agreed. And not implement policies one day and reverse them the other day.
textbooks imf world
I found myself doing extraordinary things that arent in the textbooks. Then the IMF asked the U.S. to please print money. The whole world is now practicing what they have been saying I should not. I decided that God had been on my side and had come to vindicate me.
circumstance correction efforts genuine guilty itself jury party plead point pray situation technical
We are a guilty party from a technical point of view, ... All we can do is to plead mitigatory circumstances to our arrears situation and pray that the jury will see for itself how genuine our efforts at self correction are.
guilty party point technical
We are a guilty party from a technical point of view.
current days full immediate period reduced retention
With immediate effect, therefore, the retention period has been reduced from the current 45 days to 30 days (one full month).
business country investors message send serious zimbabwe
This transaction will send a message to the world that Zimbabwe is a country that serious investors can do business with.
community far global money mouth putting remain village
We have been putting our money where our mouth is in as far as ... the need to remain a part of the global village and the international community as represented by IMF membership.