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Zimbabwe Economic Update, June 2017

The State in the Economy

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
June, 2017
Zimbabwe, Africa
poverty
Zimbabwe’s economy grew by 0.7 percent in 2016 despite the combined effect of the El Nino drought and domestic financial turmoil. The drought reduced agricultural output and increased food prices towards the end of the year, despite the government’s efforts to boost production and stabilize prices. The public provision of agricultural inputs, the creation of food-for-work programs, and the establishment of price supports for staple foods accentuated the government’s expansionary fiscal-policy stance.
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“You Will Get Nothing” Violations of Property and Inheritance Rights of Widows in Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
January, 2017
Zimbabwe, Africa
Land & Gender
property rights
women
gender equity in access to land
Covers background, property grabbing from widows, legal standards on the rights of widows, recommendations. Includes the rights of older people, the invisibility of widows in global policy and development, harmful practices and widows in Zimbabwe, illustrative cases of property grabbing from widows, registration of marriages, widowhood and child marriage, the impact of property grabbing on widows’ lives, remedies.
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Land dispute resolution in Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
June, 2017
Zimbabwe, Africa
Land Conflicts
land
land dispute
boundaries
land dispute resolution
land reform
occupation
Land reform has generated a range of disputes including overlapping boundaries, double occupations, competing authorities etc. Lists areas in which potential disputes arise.
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A new land administration system for Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Zimbabwe, Africa
land
land administration
Vital that the new Land Commission looks at the range of land issues in the round. Need comprehensive district by district approach, attuned to local circumstances and flexible. Enormous challenge to recreate a land administration system. Outlines vital elements and how they must work together.
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CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020: Four themes for impact

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Burundi, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa
land use
farmers
agriculture
sustainable development
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Impact of drought tolerant maize adoption on maize productivity, sales and consumption in rural Zimbabwe

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
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CIAT in Africa Roadmap 2017-2020

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Burundi, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sudan, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa
land use
farmers
agriculture
sustainable development
Our goal is to provide the scientific basis for development investments and policies that promote more productive, profitable agriculture, and healthier diets at no environmental cost. Low-income, smallholder farmers face significant challenges across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). High population growth is coinciding with migration to the cities as younger populations seek out higher income-earning opportunities. Inadequate infrastructure and few markets for agricultural production in rural areas, for example, are leading to stagnated opportunities for smallholders.
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Impact of large scale investments on the livelihoods of smallholder farming communities : the cases of green fuels and Tongaat Hullett Zimbabwe

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Zimbabwe, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
displacement
land rights
resettlement
smallholders
The impacts of large-scale agricultural investments on rural communities’ land ownership, food security, productivity, income, and access to education and health differ within and between communities depending on business and government influence. Recent examples of large-scale investment models are dependent on the legal landscape in the investor’s country of origin, the investor-community linkages, and the nature of partnership with governments.
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Legal, policy and institutional frameworks for community land rights in the wake of developmental projects in Zimbabwe : challenges and way forward

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary law
land rights
mining
property rights
This research reviews legislation and policies in Zimbabwe that have a direct or indirect bearing on the relocation of communities. The current model for large-scale investments has changed from previous models, where the majority of investment projects were undertaken by international companies with limited governmental intervention. While relocation of communities may be inevitable, it is argued that such actions should take into account constitutional provisions, regional and international best practices.
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Balancing the Scales: Community Protocols and Extractive Industries

Lessons from Argentina, India, Kenya and Zimbabwe

Reports & Research
February, 2017
Kenya, Zimbabwe, Argentina, India
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
community land rights
extractive industries
land investments
mining
territory
With the start of a commodity boom cycle in the early 2000s, many resource-rich countries reaped benefits as prices for commodities increased over the ensuing decade. Many of these countries see mining as a central element of modernising their economies, and actively promote investment in the mining and extractives sector. Indeed,between 2000 and 2012, investment spending by global oil, gas, and mining companies increased five-fold, especially in Latin American and sub-Saharan Africa.