In an interview with The Zimbabwean on the sidelines of a peace building initiative last week, the Projects Coordinator of ZPBF, David Gwamure, said while the government’s much lauded decision to allow the use of United States Dollars and
other hard currencies in the country may have improved the situation in urban areas, the move had worsened the plight of families in the rural areas.
“This has quickened disintegration of rural families, as young family members are forced to migrate to neighbouring countries in a bid to earn foreign currency,” said Gwamure.
He noted that the frequency and exploitative nature of the barter trade, coupled with desperation, plunged most of these poor families into deeper poverty.
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