Abstract
An assessment of economic policies in Zimbabwe in compliance with SMART principles
Highlights
The strife-torn colony of Rhodesia became the independent, black-ruled nation of Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980 (Ross, 1980)
Africa in a bid to develop using home grown policies, at the 37th session of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) African leaders Summit held in Lusaka, Zambia, in July 2001, adopted New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to address the critical challenges related to poverty and economic development (United Nations, 2021)
In order to achieve this primary objective, the economy needs to be transformed to make it more competitive and productive. This transformation, according to the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) (GoZ, 1991) entails moving away from a highly regulated economy to one where market forces are allowed to play a more decisive role, while concurrently taking steps to alleviate any transitional social hardships which may arise from this transition (ESAP, 1991)
Summary
The strife-torn colony of Rhodesia became the independent, black-ruled nation of Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980 (Ross, 1980). It is considered that the elite with connections in politics, business/markets have dominance over the public policy development and implementation process in many countries, especially in the developing states (Mutenga, 2021). Their influence can be traced at any stage right through the public policy cycle. Nhlapo (2020) reviews the University of Southern California (2020) documents and advocates that the primary reason for using conceptual analysis is to understand the meaning of an idea or concept. The reason to utilise unobtrusive research suggested by Trochim (2020) and acknowledged by Bangani and Vyas-Doorgapersad (2020) is that it presumably reduces the bias that results from the intrusion of the researcher
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