Dwindling access to basic services in Zimbabwe

Makochekanwa, Albert and Kwaramba, Marko (2010): Dwindling access to basic services in Zimbabwe.

Abstract

The study narrates the decline in access to three basic publicly provided services, namely, health, education, and water and sanitation for Zimbabwe for the period covering 2000 to May 2009. Special emphasis is placed on the impact of fiscal fragility on the ability of the government to provide these services. Through interviews and newspaper articles, the research found that, for the period under study, very few Zimbabweans residing in the country were able to access these basic services because they were not supplied in sufficient amounts, were not supplied at all, or were exorbitantly priced.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: fiscal fragility; health; education; water and sanitation
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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