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Debt is a situation where a person, country or organization owes some money or possessions to another person, country or organization (a creditor). A country’s debt usually falls in the following categories:
- Bilateral Debt – debt owed by one government to another;
- Commercial Debt – debt that is owed to private sector creditors and commercial banks;
- Domestic Debt – debt owed to creditors resident in the same country as the debtor, and denominated in local currency;
- External Debt – debt owed to foreign creditors and denominated in foreign currency;
- Multilateral Debt – debt owed to a consortium of lenders like the World Bank or regional development banks such as the African Development Bank ADB;
- Official Debt – debt that is owed to public sector lenders;
- Publicly Guaranteed Debt – debt originating from loans made to state owned enterprises (parastatals) or private companies, the payment which has been guaranteed by the government of the debtor country.
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About Us /Vision/Mission: WHO WE ARE: The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development, ZIMCODD, is a socio-economic justice coalition established in February 2000 to facilitate citizens’ involvement in making public policy and practice pro-people and sustainable.
ZIMCODD views Zimbabwe’s indebtedness, the unfair global trade regime and lack of democratic people-centered economic governance as root causes of the socio-economic crises in Zimbabwe and the world at large. Drawing from community-based livelihood experiences of its membership, ZIMCODD implements programmes targeted at
- Educating the citizen
- Facilitating policy dialogue among stakeholders
- Engaging and acting on socio-economic governance at local, regional and global levels
ZIMCODD’s headquarters are in Harare with regional offices in Bulawayo, Chitungwiza and Mutare.
OUR VISION: Sustainable socio-economic justice in Zimbabwe through a vibrant people based movement.
Mission: To develop capacities of Zimbabwean people to redress the debt burden and unjust trade practices, building and promoting alternatives to neo-liberal agenda.
Objectives:
- To raise the level of economic literacy among ZIMCODD members to include views and participation of grassroots and marginalized communities;
- To facilitate research, lobbying and advocacy in order to raise the level of economic literacy on issues of debt, trade and sustainable development;
- To formulate credible and sustainable economic and social policy alternatives;
- To develop a national coalition, and facilitate the building of a vibrant movement for social and economic justice.