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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v67i4.278</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-78</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Financial Intermediation and Fixed Capital Formation in Zimbabwe</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8555-1914</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sakarombe</surname><given-names>Upenyu</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Email: usakarombe@zegu.ac.zw</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">usakarombe@zegu.ac.zw</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Badze</surname><given-names>Lloyd</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lecturer, Email: Ibadze@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">Ibadze@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, Bindura, Zimbabwe<country>Zimbabwe</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="en">National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe<country>Zimbabwe</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>67</volume><issue>4</issue><elocation-id>89–100</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Sakarombe U., Badze L., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Sakarombe U., Badze L.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sakarombe U., Badze L.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/78">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/78</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Sustainability Covenants</kwd><kwd>Financial Covenants</kwd><kwd>Non-Financial Covenants</kwd><kwd>Economic Growth</kwd><kwd>Sustainability Performance Management</kwd><kwd>Management Control System</kwd><kwd>Business</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Adeniyi, D.J., Adeyinka, A.J. &amp; Babayaro, I. 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