Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe

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Bird, Kate and Prowse, Martin (2008) Vulnerability, poverty and coping in Zimbabwe. The Overseas Development Institute. ISBN Helsinki

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Abstract

This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe—one peri-urban, one urban and one rural—to provide a window on current processes of impoverishment and adverse coping. Each case and location highlight key aspects of Zimbabwe’s recent economic and political turmoil. Together the cases suggest that, similar to Hoddinott’s work on the persistence of the 1993-94 rainfall shock in rural Zimbabwe, above and beyond increased mortality rates and morbidity levels, current adverse forms of coping are creating widespread irreversible wellbeing losses. The persistent effects of the current crisis surely adds weight to arguments that the international community should be more, rather than less, proactive in delivering aid to the Zimbabwean people, despite the politicization of aid and logistical difficulties.

Item Type:	Book
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
Related URLs:	https://www.odi.org/publications/348-vul...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2020 23:59
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2021 23:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76495
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