Zambia - Life on the border - Billions of dollars from Zimbabwe

A moneychanger at the Chirundu border post between Zambia and Zimbabwe displays some of the older high denomination banknotes from Zimbabwe that now would not be enough to purchase a loaf of bread. They were produced as part of the economic crisis and extreme hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe. In July 2008 the inflation rate was 230 million percent, the world's highest. In August 10 zeros were lopped off the currency but it continues to lose value as inflationÊsurges. Zimbabwe's economic crisis - blamed on President Robert Mugabe's policies - has worsened amid a stalemate in a power-sharing government the veteran ruler agreed to form with opposition rival Morgan Tsvangirai. Chirundu is a key transit point on the trucking route from South Africa through to East Africa and it is notorious for its congestion as every day hundreds of trucks try to cross this border. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)