According to a trade association of prostitutes in Harare, Zimbabwe, massive layoffs in the economy have led to an oversupply of women taking up prostitution and a reduction in mens spending power, causing them either to ignore prostitutes or to visit bars only to drink and flirt before going home to the wife.

To save their jobs, the association recommended in January that prostitutes raise their price from about $2.80 to about $4.60 but also requested that wives loosen the purse strings to allow husbands to spend more when they go out.