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Restructuring or de-industrializing? : Zimbabwe's textile and metal industries under structural adjustment

Upphovsperson: Sachikonye, Lloyd M.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1999
Språk: eng
Relation: Research report, 1104-8425 ; 110
Ämnesord: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Metal Industry, Textile Industry, Structural Adjustment, Business and economics, Ekonomi
Identifikator: urn:isbn:91-7106-444-3
Rättigheter: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
This report is a contribution to the growing literature on the impact of structural adjustment on the manufacturing sector in Africa and it has the distinction of being one of the first longitudinal surveys assessing the experience of Zimbabwean manufacturers under the country's economic structural adjustment programme (ESAP) from 1990 to 1995. It documents the detailed experiences of selected textile and metal firms under ESAP and concludes that the adjustment framework has caused deindustrialization. ESAP also took a heavy toll on the living and working conditions of manufacturing sector workers. The report makes a strong case for the abandonment of the orthodox structural adjustment framework of industrial restructuring and the pursuit of an alternative approach that is more favourable to the local accumulation of capital.

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Structural adjustment and socio-economic change in Sub-Saharan Africa : some conceptual, methodological and research issues

Upphovspersoner: Gibbon, Peter | Olukoshi, Adebayo O.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1996
Ämnesord: Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa, Non-governmental organizations, Economic policy, Economic reform, Agriculture, Labour, Health, Political participation, Informal sector, Social change, Structural adjustment, Economic conditions, Business and economics, Ekonomi