The Role of the Financial Sector in Zimbabwe, Central Banking and its Social and Economic Impacts’

on the role of central banking from a policy and developmental perspective. Outline of the economic history of the development of the financial sector in Zimbabwe and the regulatory framework governing the financial sector will also be given. To capture the community’s view and experience of the financial sector within the period 2003 to 2009, recording of community voices has been done, with main emphasis on the views around the  inclusion or exclusion, popular notions of monetary policy and banking, and impact (perceived or real) of these on people’s social conditions. Finally the study seeks to equip the poor and grassroots communities and the working classes, to engage meaningfully in