HARARE—In 2021, Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube caused an uproar when he issued more than $15 million in guarantees for private loans made by the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe without seeking parliament’s approval. It was a particularly flagrant example of an unfortunately common practice in Zimbabwe: committing state resources to non-essential projects that offer no public benefit. Some of these loans invariably went unpaid, leaving taxpayers to cover the losses.

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From AI Boom to Economic Bust

For generations, countries have escaped poverty by putting millions of people to work in factories and service industries. But as robots replace factory workers and AI takes over service jobs, the growth engines that have powered economic development across much of the world will be rendered obsolete.

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In April 2022, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (which I led at the time), together with three co-applicants, petitioned the High Court of Zimbabwe to declare that........

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