Economic Development In Zimbabwe

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what is necessary for these countries
to make the transition to industrialization.

Geography

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in the southern, sub-Saharan area of the
African continent bordered by South Africa to the South, Botswana to the West,
Mozambique to the East and Zambia to the North. With an area of 391,090 km2
Zimbabwe is only slightly larger than the state of Colorado. Harare is
Zimbabwe's capital and largest city with a population of 1,100,000. Containing
vast amounts of rare mineralogical resources and possessing a favorable growing
climate Zimbabwe's economy is drawn almost equally between the mining of
minerals ($2.2 billion) and the production of staples and cash crops ($2.1
billion) .

People

Zimbabweans are comprised of two primary ethnic groups, the Shona, comprising
74% of the population and the Ndebele comprising 20%. Other ethnic black groups
and Asians make up 4% of the population while whites make up just over 1% of the
population. Zimbabwe has a ...

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of colonizing the areas of
Northern and Southern Rhodesia and bringing back to the Kingdom the vast
mineralogical resources Rhodesia had to offer .

Although a colony, throughout the existence of its charter Rhodesia enjoyed
self-governing and perceived autonomy. The United Kingdom reserved the right to
intervene in the policies of Rhodesia at any prompting, but this right was
rarely employed leaving Rhodesia's autonomy all but assumed. The perceived
autonomy the nation enjoyed allowed for the emergence of factions interested in
developing Rhodesia's mineralogical and agricultural potential for the purpose
of stimulating domestic growth only. Although growth would benefit the ...

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