Title : From Corporatism to Liberalisation in Zimbabwe: Economic Policy Regimes and Political Crisis (1980-1997)
Working Paper No : 58 (series 1)
Author(s) : E.A. Brett
Date : September 2006
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Abstract:
This working paper analyses the
shift from corporatist to liberal economic policy regimes in
Zimbabwe that led to the crisis of the late 1990s. It outlines
the rationale for both regimes, the reasons for their
introduction and major achievements and failures, and how they
contributed to the subsequent adoption of the dysfunctional
policies of the late 1990s. It argues that the failures of both
these regimes were avoidable, and the outcome of ‘political’
rather than economic variables. It concludes by calling for
economic policies that take more account of their political
implications, and of the need to strengthen state capacity in
weak states.