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USAID/Zimbabwe Links
USAID/Zimbabwe Mission
www.usaid.gov/zw Mission Director:
Local Address:
- 1 Pascoe Avenue
Belgravia
P.O. Box 6988
Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel: 263-4-250-992, 993
Fax: 263-4-252-478, 592
From the US:
- DOS/USAID
2180 Harare Place
Washington, D.C.
20521-2180
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USAID's Strategy in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is in the midst of four destructive and interrelated
crises: humanitarian, HIV/AIDS, economic and political. No
sector of this once vibrant and growing economy has gone unscathed,
nor has any segment of the nation's diverse population. Zimbabwe
was once acknowledged as an enduring post-independence success
story, but the actions of the Government of Zimbabwe over
the last several years have caused immense damage to the nation's
economy, democratic institutions, social cohesion and welfare.
Repairing Zimbabwe's tattered institutions and rebuilding
its economy promise to be a long and difficult process. It
is also one that most observers agree the country cannot embark
upon without first addressing the underlying political crisis
that polarizes this troubled nation.
Zimbabwe's economic and social indicators paint a picture
of a country in deep crisis: over half of the population requires
emergency food and other humanitarian aid to survive; over
one third of the sexually-active population is HIV positive
; GDP is expected to have declined by at least 12 percent
in 2002 ; the annual inflation rate is conservatively estimated
at 175 percent (500 percent anticipated in 2003); unemployment
is officially estimated in excess of 60 percent; and acute
shortages in basic food supplies, medicines and fuel persist.
The nation's crisis has resulted in a large-scale exodus of
teachers, social/health care workers and professionals with
marketable skills. Objectives for U.S. assistance in Zimbabwe are to: prevent
a further deterioration of the political and economic situation
and the consequent detrimental impact on the region; strengthen
the prospects for stability by fortifying civil society and
democratic institutions; and implement an effective response
to the catastrophic HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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