Poverty eradication in Zimbabwe

Jessica Hamadziripi

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Dr. Jessica Hamadziripi proposes a framework for poverty eradication in one of the world's poor nations : Zimbabwe. She demonstrates the need of development for home-sourced finance, parallel to a "framework for Indigenization and Empowerment" capable of generating sufficient incomes at personal and household level to meet the daily necessities of life. She stresses that these home-grown approaches might fail if citizens are not empowered at local level.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Développement

Informations

• Publié par: L'Harmattan
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 82
• EAN13: 9782296532960
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Jessica HAMADZIRIPIPoverty eradication in Zimbabwe
Meeting the millennium development goals (MDGs)
through home-grown business approaches
In this essential book, Dr. Jessica Hamadziripi proposes a framework for
poverty eradication in one of the world’s poor nations : Zimbabwe. She
demonstrates the need of development for home-sourced fnance, parallel
to a « framework for Indigenization and Empowerment » capable of generating Poverty eradic
incomes at personal and household level suffcient to meet the daily necessities
of life.
Dr. Hamadziripi stresses that these home-grown approaches might fail if in Zimbabwe
citizens are not empowered at the local level.
Furthermore, from her standpoint as a Zimbabwean, she also points out
some critical voids in the Millennium Development Goals. For example, Meeting the millennium development goals (MDGs)
agriculture is not specifcally mentioned in the MDG, even though the majority
through home-grown business approachesof Africa’s - and Zimbabwe’s - poor families are, actually, rural farmers. With
their focus on primary education, enrollment and completion, the Millennium
Development Goals have left aside agriculture and fnance, which have strategic
implications on economic growth.
Dr. Hamadziripi’s research suggests that a ‘one size fts all model’ will not
suffciently respond to the profle of Zimbabwe; however, her study does fnd
a set of similar constraints in meeting MDG1, such as the lack of health care
absorptive capacity, poor access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, a
weak educational system, human resource limitations, and others. The measures
she suggests include political, organizational, and functional improvements, and
the need to nurture local organizations.
Jessica Hamadziripi spent her formative years in a rural area of Zimbabwe
and she continues to have strong contact with members of her family that reside
in the rural regions of her country. She has worked with disadvantaged people
as a volunteer to assist the poor in Zimbabwe, Kinshasa in DRC and Maputo in
Mozambique. The experiences she acquired not only gave her insight as to why
people continue to live in poverty, but also gave her the motivation to search for
solutions to remove the worst forms of this scourge from society.
Her strong desire to see people live with dignity persuaded her to research on how
best to eradicate poverty. Although there are many actors involved in eradicating The future lies in strategically empowering nations
poverty, her research points to the primary and leading role of each sovereign state to take charge of their own development,
in this effort.
including human development
Front Page photo – Jessica Hamadziripi
ISBN : 978-2-336-00525-6
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Poverty eradication in Zimbabwe
Jessica HAMADZIRIPI
Meeting the millennium development goals (MDGs) through home-grown business approaches
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POVERTY ERADICATION IN ZIMBABWE

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(19582010). Des dictatures contre le développement, 2012. Jessica HAMADZIRIPI





POVERTY ERADICATION IN ZIMBABWE


Meeting the millennium development
goals (MDGs) through home-grown
business approaches
























































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This book was originally presented as a PhD thesis to the
Academie de Paris
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Internationales
Centre D’Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques


Under the Supervision of
Doctor Serge BESANGER


The thesis was defended on 15 December, 2011
Paris, France




The thesis was written in the third person and the book is published
in the third person. My first degree and Masters programmes are in
Business. This is my first study in International Relations and I do
not feel that I have the experience and authority to write in the first
person. I however learned much about poverty eradication and the
actors who are working to meet Goal number 1 of the Millennium
Development Goals.






In memory of my loving son,
Tatenda Andrew Hamadziripi



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


I am hugely grateful to my Ph.D. supervisor, Dr Serge Besanger
whose guidance and support motivated me to focus on achieving this
goal. I appreciate his sound advice and enthusiasm without which I
would have been lost.

I would like to thank the staff at CEDS for providing a stimulating
environment which whetted my appetite for an analytical
appreciation of international relations.

I am grateful for the support of the OECD Development Centre in
Paris, in particular Peter Raggett, librarians Anne La Riviere and
Michele Girard; and of the Documentation Française in Paris. I can
not mention all the people who assisted me including those that I
interviewed in the rural regions of Zimbabwe and in various
institutions in Zimbabwe and France but I am immensely grateful to
them.

I pay tribute to experts in the Government of Zimbabwe without
whose cooperation this thesis would not have been fulfilled, in
particular Honourable Dr Isak Mudenge, Honourable Dr Olivia
Muchena, Laxon Chinhengo of the Department of Social Welfare,
Greemas Mashonganyika of the Youth Ministry, Erica Jones, Abiot
Maronge and Douglas Chitando of the Ministry of Local Government,
Rural and Urban Development, Dr Dawson Munjeri and Constance
Chemwayi.

I extend my appreciation to many colleagues, acquaintances and all
who were there for me throughout my thesis writing. I wish to thank
my entire extended family for assisting me in getting resource
information, providing loving support and cheering me on. To
Yvonne, Nyasha Harold and Gibson, I cherish their support. I owe
my deepest gratitude to my children, Tatenda Andrew, Nyasha David,
Mufaro and my son in law, Dzidzai, for exhorting me and checking
on my progress.

Most importantly, this thesis would not have been possible unless
my husband, David, had encouraged me to overcome my doubts and
continue writing this study. I am forever grateful to him for creating
a loving environment in a way words cannot express. I dedicate this
thesis to him.

Above all, to my God, my Creator, I am overwhelmed and lost for
words for His mercies and faithfulness.

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Preface by Dr Serge Pierre BESANGER
Professor of Economics at ESCE

In 2015, global leaders and central bankers will be gathering at
separate venues at the United Nations headquarters in New York and
the IMF