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• African Development Bank Group on Zimbabwe (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators, ADB strategy paper, environmental profile, project and other reports -- all in downloadable PDF.
  
  
• African Forum & Network on Debt & Development (AFRODAD) (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • This site offers information about research, occasional papers on debt, aid, poverty reduction strategy impact, and other topics, plus recent issues of the AFRODAD newsletter: Debt & Development in Africa.
  • All AFRODAD Publications
  
  
• Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, UK)
  • Working Papers Series -- Abstracts & Full Texts
    Note: as of June 2, 2003, only abstracts are accessible, most of the full texts are off-line!
    Full text viewing, when/if it returns, requires Adobe Acrobat.
    -- "Social dilemmas and shame-based sanctions: experimental results from rural Zimbabwe" by Abigail Barr (2001). Working paper ; 01.11.
    -- "The impact of agricultural extension on farm production in resettlement areas of Zimbabwe" by Trudy Owens, John Hoddinott, and Bill Kinsey (2001). Working paper ; 01.06.
    -- "Revisiting forever gained: income dynamics in the resettlement areas of Zimbabwe, 1983-1997" (1999) by Trudy Owens ...[et al.] Working paper ; 99.14
    -- "Poverty, inequality and environmental resources: quantitiate analysis of rural households" (1999) by William Cavendish. Working paper ; 99.9.
    -- "Investing in development or investing in relief...Zimbabwe household panel data" by Trudy Owens, John Hoddinott (1999). Working paper ; 1999-04.
    -- "Economic objectives, public-sector deficits, and macroeconomic stability in Zimbabwe, March 1997" (1997) by Carolyn Jenkins. Working paper ; 97.14.
    -- Full list, 1993-
  • CSAE Home Page
  
  
• Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) Home Page (Samara Services, Harare; CyberMedia; and the Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe)
  This site includes basic information on current prices, markets, finance, weather, and land; as well as information on the CFU itself.
  
  
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Zimbabwe Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
  
  
• Project on "Deforestation and Degradation in Central and Southern Africa" (1997-1998) (Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)
  This site includes some data and satellite images on "The Land Crisis in Zimbabwe".
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Zimbabwe (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Zimbabwe (2006) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  Search for Zimbabwe: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Zimbabwe, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
  
  
• Electronic Newspapers, Online News Services, and The Internet in Zimbabwe (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Environment Information Systems in Sub Saharan Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe, 1997, A report by
  N. Mbudzi, Y. Jairosi, C. Vogel, and D. Bohnet. (EIS-SSA, Norway)
  
  
• Equinet: The Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • 'In March 1997, a Southern African meeting on Equity in Health was held in Kasane, Botswana. This meeting, hosted by the National Institute of Development Research and Documentation (Botswana) and the Dag Hammarskjold Foundation (Sweden) gathered representatives of government, non government and academic institutions involved in health. The meeting confirmed the regional commitment towards equity in health as a policy goal and an agenda for action.'
  • Equinet newsletter
  • Equinet Policy reports (downloadable in PDF)
  • Annotated Bibliography: Literature on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (downloadable in PDF)
  • Equinet publications, 1997-- (downloadable in PDF)
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on Zimbabwe (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, June 2003
    See also: May 2002 | June 2001.
    
    
  • FAO Aquastat Programme -- Search: Zimbabwe, 2005
    A profile of water resources in Zimbabwe. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  
  
• Global Water Partnership -- Southern Africa. (2003-2004) In association with the IUCN--The World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Southern Africa. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), plus the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The Global Water Partnership [headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden] is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles."
  
  
• Government of Zimbabwe: Land Issue in Zimbabwe (2000) (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  These web pages offer background on government policies and documents from the period 1998-2000.
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Zimbabwe Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• Kubatana -- The NGO Network Alliance Project (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  "An online community for Zimbabwean activists": a clearinghouse website for information about NGO activities in Zimbabwe in all social and economic domains; plus related links to organizations outside the country.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Zimbabwe (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A basic guide for business interests.
  
  
• Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe (Harare)
  General introduction and contact information only.
  
  
• RAND Research Brief: "Contraception and fertility in Zimbabwe" (1997) (RAND Labor and Population Program, Yale University Center for International Studies; and RAND, Washington, DC)
  
  
• Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Home Page (Harare)
  
  
• SAfAIDS: Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • "Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a subregional non-governmental organisation that was established in 1994. Its main purpose is to help strengthen capacity to address the socio-economic impact of AIDS and to promote HIV prevention in southern Africa. ... SAfAIDS' main role is promoting policy, research, planning and programme development around HIV/AIDS in the southern Africa region. It works with NGOs, PWAs, government bodies, international agencies, research institutes, media organisations, the private sector, labour and others to assist them to explore and implement responses to HIV/AIDS in a development context."
  • SAfAIDS Home Page
  • HIV/AIDS net: a directory of 45 websites on HIV/AIDS relevant to southern Africa. (Online). Compiled by Cecilia Mhiti and Juliet Mkaronda. -- Harare: Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS), 1999.
  
  
• SEATINI--Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  The website includes a monthly bulletin on selected African trade issues, commentaries, workshop and conference reports, etc.
  -- SEATINI bulletin. (Online) -- Harare, Zimbabwe: SEATINI, 1998-
  See also, the archive of back issues.
  
  
• Trade and Development Studies Centre Trust (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  "[Founded in 2000] TRADES CENTRE'S aim is to analyse trade and development issues from the perspectives of Southern Africa's poor communities, to explore the implications of the various international, regional and bilateral trade agreements, regional integration, national trade and development policies and other policy options on Southern Africa and our target groups."
  -- Publications, 1999- (PDF format)
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on Zimbabwe -- Economy
  • United Nations Development Programme in Zimbabwe (Harare)
    
    
  • United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators for Zimbabwe: 2003 | 2004 (New York)
    
    
  • UN Economic Commission for Africa: "Zimbabwe: a crumbling economy." (2002) Chapter 4 in Economic report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) PDF format.
    
    
  • UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Zimbabwe Country Profile (New York)
    -- See also: UNFPA in Harare, Country Technical Service Team for Southern Africa.
    
    
  • UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) on Zimbabwe
    Current and recent news from UN agencies and other sources on Zimbabwe. See also: Land reform in southern Africa -- IRIN Web Special (July 2003).
  
  
• United States Agencies on Zimbabwe -- Economy (Washington, DC)
  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    • USAID on Zimbabwe -- Country Information
      
      
    • USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (General)
      Search the entire database for downloadable (in PDF) reports on projects and studies on Zimbabwe.
    • USAID--Famine Early Warning System Network: FEWS NET Zimbabwe Center
      Current news and analysis of the food security situation in Zimbabwe -- read online or download as a PDF files; plus links to other FEWS NET resources.
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Zimbabwe Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Zimbabwe, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State: Zimbabwe Country Commercial Guide, 2001 (PDF file)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Zimbabwe economy (2002) (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• The World Bank on Zimbabwe (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank in Zimbabwe, 1999-
    Land reform report and other recent reports in PDF files; news & events; and, a brief country profile.
  • Meeting the health care challenges in Zimbabwe (December 1998) OED Précis ; no. 176. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1998. (PDF File)
  • The impact of World Bank support to the HNP sector in Zimbabwe (June 1998) OED Country Specific Sector Review ; no. 18141. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1998.
  • Zimbabwe: issues and opportunities (May 1998) ECD working paper ; no. 2. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1998. (PDF File)
  • Family health in Zimbabwe (March 1997) OED Précis ; no. 136. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1997.
  • Low-income housing in Zimbabwe (April 1996) OED Précis ; no. 109. -- Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1996.
  • Structural adjustment and Zimbabwe's poor (February 1996) OED Précis ; no. 105. - Washington, DC : Operations Evaluations Department, The World Bank, 1996.
  
  
• World Commission on Dams: Kariba Dam--Zambezi River Basin Case Study (2000) Dams and development: a new framework for decision-making. The Report of the World Commission on Dams. (November 16, 2000) -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2000.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Medical Graduates Worldwide (via BT Internet, British Telecommunications)
  "This website should help MBChB and B.Pharm (Hons) graduates of the University of Zimbabwe's Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine keep in touch with each other. A standard entry contains name, E-mail address, year of qualification, city of residence, and a non-residential phone or fax number. There are links to sites in Zimbabwe and to Medical & Other sites, and a Photo Library of Zimbabwean Wildlife and Scenery."
  
  
• Zimbabwe Meterological Office, Harare (Zimbabwe. Ministry of Transport and Energy, Department of Meterological Services.)
  Weather forecasts for Zimbabwe, related climate information; plus information about the department.
  
  
• Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Home Page
  The Zimbabwe stock exchange has officially been in existence since 1946. This web site includes counter index, investors guide, stock brokers information, and other links.