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Title:

A country held captive by its past: The case of Zimbabwe

Creator:

Kraśniewska, Olga

Subject and Keywords:

Zimbabwe   colonialism   land reform   hyperinflation   Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (1924- )   crisis  
Zimbabwe   kolonializm   reforma rolna   hiperinflacja   Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (1924- )   kryzys

Description:

Od 2013 pt.: Ekonomia - Wroclaw Economic Review

Abstract:

The article provides an overview of the history of Zimbabwe in the context of economical, structuraland social factors. It tries to answer a question, what were the main reasons that affected Zimbabwe’sdevelopment after gaining independence in 1980. It describes pre-colonial and colonial times as wellas president Mugabe’s era, that ended with a military coup in November 2017. It portrays issuessuch as the after-effect of colonialism, land reform, political regime, internal struggles and conflictsbetween the ruling party ZANU-PF and opposition parties, hyperinflation crisis, as well as economicindicators like GDP, public and external debt, level of education and health care. In the context ofupcoming elections in 2018, the article deliberates whether meaningful changes in the country’ssituation are possible in the nearest future and what it will take to achieve them

Place of publishing:

Wrocław

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Contributor:

Rutkowska-Tomaszewska, Edyta. Red.

Date issued:

2018

Date copyrighted:

2018

Detailed Type:

czasopisma online

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:94197   ISSN 2084-4093

DOI:

10.19195/2084-4093.24.1.9

Language:

eng

Relation:

Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis, ISSN 0239-6661 ; no 3832. Ekonomia, ISSN 2084-4093 ; 24/1, s. 153-176

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Is version of:

Czasopisma Naukowe w Sieci

Rights holder:

Copyright by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Sp. z o.o.

Location of original object:

Biblioteka Wydziału Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii

Autor opisu:

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