Tags: Community, Economic, Political, Social Development, Unemployment, Sustainability, Strategic Thinking, Protection, Organisational Structures, Finance, Crime

These notes are offered to Members ahead of the Commons debate on July 19th 2007. They argue that in developing a practical response to the crisis in Zimbabwe, British policy-makers must recognise the realistic prospect of continued deterioration and the entrenched obstacles to recovery: • Crisis of legitimacy will not end if Mugabe quits. • Ruling hegemony includes beneficiaries of economic meltdown. • A practical response must engage both sides – and rival factions – in Harare.

Prospects for Change in Zimbabwe.pdf