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The informal sector in the labour reserve economies of Southern Africa with special reference to Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1985)
This paper is written as a contribution to the research project in Zimbabwe on the informal sector. We have therefore written it in the absence of any
detailed research on the subject. Our main purpose has been to raise ...
The Iron and Steel industry in Zimbabwe and regional co-operation in the SADCC context
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1991)
This paper looks at the Zimbabwean iron and steel industry with the aim of answering
the following questions:
• Why the economy is highly dependent on impor ted steel when there is a large
iron and steel plant;
• ...
An Evaluation of Agricultural Extension Services Support to Women Farmers in Zimbabwe with special reference to Makonde District
(ZIMBABWE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, 1987-06)
This report presents the results of an investigation of the nature and patterns of agricultural extension services to women and their effectiveness in Zimbabwe. It is based on a detailed survey of Makonde district in ...
Zimbabwe's agrarian reform process: lessons or domino strategies?
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1991)
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to proffer all kind of lessons for a post-apartheid
South Africa, not the least since the independence of Namibia in 1990 and as the
geo-political colour of Southern Africa shifts ...
Crisis in education and culture and its social reflection on women: A case study of Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1991)
This paper looks at the crisis of women's education in Zimbabwe from a socio-cultural
point of view; or what the author terms "educulture".
The main argument of the paper is that in spite of numerous post-independence ...
The political economy of hunger in Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1985)
The CODESRIA/UNESCO project proposal on the 'socio-economic analysis of the problem of hunger and food self-sufficiency' focuses on a largely neglected aspect of the food crisis in Africa: the nature and origin
of food ...
Zimbabwe charcoal utilization and marketing study
(IDS Information Resource Unit University of Sussex, 1988-09)
The basic idea which led to the commissioning of the study
presented here was to investigate the scope for making productive use of
hitherto discarded surplus output from commercial timber plantations in
Manicaland ...
Vulnerable working households in Zimbabwe's segmented labour markets
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1988)
The report that follows is a response to a request for a case study of vulnerable segments of the labour market in Zimbabwe from the SATEP team of the International Labour Office in Lusaka.
We should, perhaps point out ...
The working conditions of female workers in the food processing industry in Zimbabwe (with special reference to Canneries)
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1986)
This study constitutes the findings of a two-month long research into the working conditions of female workers in the food processing industry with particular reference to canneries in Zimbabwe. The objective of the study ...
Promoting women's health through functional literacy and intersectoral action: A study of vulnerable communities in Chivi District, Zimbabwe.
(Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies, 1990)
This chapter gives the background to the study. It has four sections. The first section, an overview of the health situation in Zimbabwe, is an outline of Government and
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) efforts to ...