Zimbabwe@40

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Zimbabwe @ 40 is a celebration of the country's four decades of independence and statehood. Forty years is a relatively short period in a nation's life, but it is a formative period: what lessons can be learnt from the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of the last 40 years? What should be avoided in the next 40? Lloyd Sachikonye and David Kaulemu have assembled a distinguished team of scholars to address these questions, and the book focuses on issues that characterise the country's development trajectory: the linkage between values and institutions; defects in its democracy; the 'curse' of mineral and agricultural endowment; the impact of migration; and the social exclusion of women and young people. The book is written from a depth of commitment to a just, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe, and represents a 'work in progress', reflecting the continuing research, evaluation and dialogue that each of the authors is engaged in, and signalling the nature and direction of future such work. As the editors conclude: 'None of the chapters are pessimistic, nor are they negative about the country. They are realistic about the gravity of the historical moment the nation faces and the high moral, political and economic mountains we must climb before we can see the Promised Land. Yet they are full of hope - they are convinced that we have not come to the end of history.'

Informations

• Publié par: Weaver Press
• Date de parution: 17 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781779223944
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Z IMBABWE @ 40:
Development, Democracy and Transformation
Z IMBABWE @ 40:
Development, Democracy and Transformation
edited
by
L LOYD S ACHIKONYE
and
D AVID K AULEMU
Published by
Weaver Press,
Box A1922, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2021
www.weaverpresszimbabwe.com >
and
The International Development Institute (IDI),
59 Mendel Road, Avondale,
Harare, Zimbabwe, 2021
© Each individual chapter the author(s); this collection, IDI and the editors, 2021
Publishing management: Weaver Press
Cover design: Danes Design, Zimbabwe
The publishers would like to express their profound gratitude to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation for their support in the development of this text.
All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise – without the express written permission of the publishers.
ISBN: 978-1-77922-393-7 (p/b)
ISBN: 978-1-77922-394-4 (ePub)
ISBN: 978-1-77922-395-1 (PDF)
Contents
About the Authors
Preface
1. Introduction: Zimbabwe at 40 L LOYD S ACHIKONYE AND D AVID K AULEMU
2. Linking Values, Institutions and Development in Zimbabwe D AVID K AULEMU
3. Elusive Development, Defective Democracy L LOYD S ACHIKONYE
4. Endowed yet Cursed: Agrarian and mining accumulation in a changing environment E ASTHER C HIGUMIRA AND H AZEL K WARAMBA
5. Development Aid and the Politics of Development G EORGE M APOPE
6. Migration and Economic Development M EDICINE M ASIIWA AND A. C HILUNJIKA
7. Social Exclusion of Women and Youth R EKOPANTSWE M ATE
8. Conclusion D AVID K AULEMU AND L LOYD S ACHIKONYE
About the Authors
Easther Chigumira holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Oregon, USA. She has extensive experience in both research and development work centred on the nexus of land-environment-livelihoods, agriculture and food systems, climate change and resilience building. Her emerging research interests focus on women empowerment, young people in agricultural commercialisation, and critical thought around black consciousness in agrarian development and land movements.
Alouis Chilunjika is the current Chairperson of the Department of Politics and Public Management at the Midlands State University. A holder of a PhD in Public Management and Governance from the University of Johannesburg, his research interests include public management, public sector corporate governance, economic growth and politics. Dr. Chilunjika has published some articles on corruption, land reform and road tolling.
David Kaulemu (PhD) is the Dean of the School of Education and Leadership and the Director of the Center for Ethics at Arrupe Jesuit University in Harare. Formerly a lecturer for eleven years at the University of Zimbabwe, he currently teaches social, economic and environmental philosophy. Dr. Kaulemu is the author of Ending Violence in Zimbabwe (2011) and editor of Political Participation in Zimbabwe (2010) and Imagining Citizenship in Zimbabwe (2012). His research interests include ethics, social justice, leadership development, conflict and social transformation and Christian social teaching.
Hazel M. Kwaramba (PhD) is a Governance and Sustainable Development specialist with over thirteen years’ experience on women and economic empowerment. An International Consultant with work experience in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, the Netherlands, South Africa and Switzerland, she has advised various organisations on varied dimensions of women empowerment such as African Union Commission – Office of the Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security; USAID; UNDP; Practical Action; Embassy of the Netherlands; ACE-Europe.
George Mapope is a researcher and public policy scholar who specialises in development consulting. He is the head of Benchmark Consulting, a start-up consulting firm based in Harare, whose work spans the southern African region. His research interests include development economics and policy, political and natural resource governance.
Medicine Masiiwa holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from University of Rostock, Germany. With over 20 years’ experience, he has demonstrated high-level knowledge of international trade issues, migration, economic development and the Diaspora. Formerly a research fellow with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Zimbabwe, he has provided high-level policy advice, project management and capacitybuilding services to governments, private sector organisations and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa.
Rekopantswe Mate (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department at the University of Zimbabwe, where she teaches development studies, youth studies and popular culture. She does research on social change and how it affects generational and gender relations. Her publications include journal articles, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries on young people and women in Zimbabwe.
Lloyd Sachikonye is a Professor of Political Science based at the University of Zimbabwe where he has researched and taught for over 30 years. His main research interests relate to democratic processes in Africa and development strategies in southern Africa. Amongst his many publications are Civil Society, State and Democracy (1995), When the State turns on its Citizens (2011) and Zimbabwe's Lost Decade (2012). Prof. Sachikonye is a founding Trustee of the International Development Institute (IDI).
Preface and Acknowledgements
This book has its origins in a project based with the International Development Institute (IDI) entitled ‘Zimbabwe at 40’. Conceived in 2019, the project (in pursuance of one of the objectives of IDI) was to ‘explore relationships between culture, development and governance processes at local, national and international levels’. In a larger sense, the it offers a celebration of Zimbabwe’s 40 years of independence and statehood. Zimbabwe at 40 therefore explores how the country has navigated development and governance issues since 1980. While four decades is a relatively short period in a nation’s life, they were momentous, formative years that should be intensely studied if we are to analyse the present and consider future indicators. What lessons can be learnt from the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of the last 40 years? What should be avoided in the next 40?
In many respects, this is both a retrospective and introspective book. Conceived by seasoned scholars, it is written from a depth of commitment to an aspiration for a just, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe. Most of the contributors are expert researchers in their own fields, which reflect diversity of their intellectual interests. Ultimately, Zimbabwe at 40 is the product of a team that came together as IDI in 2017 with a vision of a more developed, just and democratic society in which different communities engage one another and live together in peace, co-operation and solidarity.
However, there is a sense in which the project and book represent ‘work in progress’ reflecting the continuing research, evaluation and policy dialogue that each of the authors in their different areas are engaged with. To that extent, Zimbabwe at 40 offers a catalyst for more research, more publications while being a contribution to robust, honest, selfcritical reflection on national issues. Accompanying the book are extended Monographs that explore in greater depth the themes reflected in the different chapters. The Policy Briefs form yet another output of the project. They engage with policy implications and provide recommendations, and should be read alongside the book. Zimbabwe at 40 should therefore encourage its readers to explore what is contained in the Monographs and Policy Briefs which may be found on the IDI website.
This project and the publications arising from it would not have been possible without the generous and timely support received from the Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung. We are profoundly grateful for its unstinting support. We are also thankful for the support and co-operation of the team members of IDI and those associate researchers who contributed to the project. Most of the writing of the book occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic with opportunity created out of the adversity of the lockdown in 2020. Finally, we express our gratitude to our publishers at Weaver Press who have been patient and encouraging at every stage of the project.
Lloyd Sachikonye
David Kaulemu
October 2020
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Introduction Zimbabwe at 40: development, democracy and transformation
Lloyd Sachikonye and David Kaulemu
1. Introduction
Zimbabwe attained 40 years of independent statehood in 2020. This provides a useful vantage point from which to reflect on the trajectory of its development, and social and political transformation. A time span of four decades may not be a very long stretch in a nation’s history, yet for an independent state inaugurated in 1980, these have been momentous decades in laying the foundation stones of development and governance.
While there have been many scholarly studies on how Zimbabwe has evolved over these four decades, there is no unanimity on why the processes of development and democratisation have proved more protracted, formidable and elusive than originally anticipated (Mandaza 1986; Cliffe and Stoneman 1989; Sachikonye 2012). While some analysts (Chipika and Malaba 2017; Mukonori 2012; Moyo, Helliker and Murisa 2008) refer more to historical legacies and colonial origins and restr