Several decades ago, Zimbabwe was a country with good prospects, being the most rapidly developing African country. Nevertheless, few countries in Africa managed to continue prospering in XXI century, but Zimbabwe did not. Zimbabwean economy lies at the bottom of GDP ratings, faced one of the largest rates of hyperinflation in common history and does not develop due to corrupt administration and insufficient policy. Moreover, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is responsible for printing money for government spending while Zimbabwean people are dying as a cause of famine, venereal diseases and poverty. To solve mentioned problems, Zimbabwe accepts aids from other countries, but according to statistics, aids cause negative effect on country’s political situation. This paper will briefly explore historical background of Zimbabwe, will evaluate governmental programs and accommodate statistics on current situation in the State.
Zimbabwe is situated in the Southern part on Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. In 1899, the United Kingdom started to observe these lands in terms of Cecil Rhodas’s British South Africa company, since then Zimbabwe was known as ‘Rhodesia’. In 1965, the prime-minister of Zimbabwe, Ian Smith, proclaimed country’s independence from Britain, but this fact was not repudiated. On 1st June 1979, in the result of elections, the United African National Council party won a majority of votes and the leader of this party, Abel Muzorewa, after becoming country’s prime-minister changed the name of ‘Rhodesia’ to Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. On 1 December 1979, delegations from the British and Rhodesian governments and the Patriotic Front signed the Lancaster House Agreement, ending the civil war and proclaiming the independenc...
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...frican region has largest number of people suffering from HIV and AIDS, nation cannot even rely on their own government because it is fully sank in corruption.
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The impact of the Structural Adjustment Programs imposed by International Financial Intuitions (IFIs) such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on the developing countries of Africa has led to the destruction of Africa’s social sectors and has handicapped Africa in its fight with poverty, the AIDS pandemic, and keeping children in school.
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Although the sub-Saharan region accounts for just 10% of the world’s population, 67% (22.5 million) of the 33.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in 1998 were residents of one of the 34 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, and of all AIDS deaths since the epidemic started, 83% have occurred in sub-Saharan Africa (Gilks, 1999, p. 180). Among children under age 15 living with HIV/AIDS, 90% live in sub-Saharan Africa as do 95% of all AIDS orphans. In several of the 34 sub-Saharan nations, 1 out of every 4 adults is HIV-positive (UNAIDS, 1998, p. 1). Taxing low-income countries with health care systems inadequate to handle the burden of non-AIDS related illnesses, AIDS has devastated many of the sub-Saharan African economies. The impact of AIDS on the region is such that it is now affecting demographics - changing mortality and fertility rates, reducing lifespan, and ultimately affecting population growth.
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