Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Recent submissions
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Financial liberalisation and crisis: Experience and lessons for Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU), 2014-03)The financial sector development history of Zimbabwe has been dominated by episodes of financial repression. The main instruments of financial repression have included interest rate ceilings, selective credit rationing ... -
An analysis of tourism contribution to economic growth in SADC countries
(Botswana Economics Association, 2013-06)The study how the tourism sector can be an engine of economic growth in SADC member countries. The paper found the contribution of tourism to GDP, employment, export receipts and investment is significant. Although this ... -
Assessing Botswana’s textiles export trade potential using the gravity model
(Botswana Economics Association, 2012-04)Through the application of the gravity trade model technique, the study investigates countries for which Botswana has unrealized export trade potential in textile products. The estimated results indicate that Canada, ... -
Examining the long run relationship between import structure and economic growth in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Commerce, 2014)The article applies a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to examine the long run relationship between Zimbabwe's import structure and economic growth. The research findings indicate the presence of cointegration between ... -
Building and urban planning in Zimbabwe with special reference to Harare: Putting needs, costs and sustainability in focus
(Columbia University, 2014)This article examines construction and its relationship with urban planning in Zimbabwe. Urban planning has been blamed for making the building process cumbersome, thereby raising transaction costs. Such transaction ... -
A review of the evolution and trajectory of the African union as an instrument of regional integration
(Springer Open, 2014-02-19)This review paper seeks to analyse African integration in terms of its magnitude of solidarity, the state and typology of integration and functioning. It assesses the strengths, weaknesses, objectives, successes and ... -
Answering to the domesticability of exotic options and strategies in managing Africa’s urban landscapes for sustainability beyond 2015
(Springer Plus, 2014-05-09)This study aims at critically assessing the land management strategies that can be instrumental in bringing sound governance to urban landscapes in Africa with the view of mapping the potential, minimum conditions for ... -
Ecological planning as an inner-city revitalisation agenda for Harare, Zimbabwe
(Springer Open, 2014-12-10)Background This article examines approaches for integrating ecological thought in inner-city revitalisation with a special focus on the inner-city of Harare. It is an exploration and possible (re-)framing of the garden ... -
Distributive politics at play in Harare, Zimbabwe: Case for housing cooperatives
(Springer Open, 2015-08-07)This paper is a case in distributive politics (and hinges on land-based power dynamics) arguing that in the absence of state capacity to provide for housing, housing cooperatives have emerged and controlled largely by ... -
Factors affecting food and nutrition security in Goromonzi district, Moshonaland East Province of Zimbabwe
(2016-08)This study seeks to establish factors affecting household food and nutrition security in Goromonzi District. It is motivated by the fact that household food insecurity in Goromonzi (11.7 %) is comparatively higher than ... -
Feasibility and Rationale for Establishing a Debt Management Office in Zimbabwe
(Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU), 2010-02)This study looks at the feasibility and rationale of establishing a Debt Management Office (DMO) in Zimbabwe. This follows calls for the setting up of such an office by the Ministry of Finance as part of broad reforms ... -
Determinants of adoption of conservation Agriculture by communal farmers in Masvingo district,Zimbabwe
(2016-08)Conservation agriculture has been advocated as a viable practice to improve productivity, food security and poverty alleviation among communal farm households in Zimbabwe. Previous empirical studies have shown that, despite ... -
The nexus between natural resources and conflict in the Gulf of Guinea: Case of Nigeria
(2016-08)Countries endowed with natural resources such as Nigeria have been susceptible to economic underdevelopment and conflict. Nigeria is an empirical case for the resource curse-a notion that depicts a negative correlation ... -
Is corruption really harmful to growth? Evidence from Zimbabwean firms
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Commerce, 2014)Using firm level data from 599 Zimbabwean firms which were surveyed in 2011 by the World Bank, the study empirically investigated the effects of corruption on firm level economic activities in the case of firms operating ... -
Impact of capital flight on economic growth in Zimbabwe (1980-2010)
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Commerce, 2014-06)The study empirically examined the impact of capital flight on economic growth in Zimbabwe for the period 1980 to 2010, using the ordinary least squares (OLS) technique. In the estimated model, current and one-period lagged ... -
Pricing in the informal sector: Evidence from Zimbabwe's urban informal metal firms
(2014-06)The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the price-setting behavior of Zimbabwe's urban informal metal firms. In order to achieve this objective, data collected from 647 urban informal metal entrepreneurs is used. ... -
Decentralized domestic wastewater systems in developing countries: The case study of Harare (Zimbabwe)
(Springer Open, 2016-02)Until recently there has been little, if any, concern over revamping let alone improving wastewater management system in Zimbabwe’s urban areas given the dominance and institutionalised water-borne system. Yet, the ... -
An assessment of the role of spatial planning in the promotion of small and medium enterprises in small urban centres: Case of Shamva and Mazowe districts
(University of Zimbabwe, 2016-06)This study examined the role of spatial planning in the promotion of small and medium enterprises (commonly abbreviated SMEs) in small urban centres. Specifically the study intended to (i) Assess the role of spatial ...
