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Author: Ian Scoones

Ian Scoones

Ian Scoones is a professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre (steps-centre.org)and PI of the ERC-funded project, PASTRES (pastres.org). He has worked on land and agrarian change in Zimbabwe since the mid-1980s. His blog is at www.zimbabweland.wordpress.com

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa of South African with President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe in 2019. Credit: GCIS.
    EconomyPoliticsSouth AfricaTop storyZimbabwe
    By Ian Scoones
    February 1, 2021
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    Can South Africa come to Zimbabwe’s rescue by ending “quiet diplomacy”?

    Western diplomats’ holier-than-thou rhetoric is unlikely to help. South Africa can be more understanding, sensitive and practical. Zimbabwe’s worsening economic and political crises seem to be ...
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  • Covid-19Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesPublic Health
    By Ian Scoones
    March 27, 2020
    1947
    1

    Surviving COVID-19: Fragility, Resilience and Inequality in Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe had three confirmed cases and one recorded death of COVID-19 (coronavirus) as of 26 March, and a national disaster has been declared. So far suspected ...
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  • A photo of the leaders at the UK-Africa Investment Summit. Credit: DFID/Jim Winslet
    EconomyTop story
    By Ian Scoones
    January 20, 2020
    1149
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    UK-Africa: Private sector investment can be good, but not usually this type

    Investment can help reduce poverty, promote women’s empowerment, and support children’s rights. It can also do the opposite. Just ten days before Brexit is declared, the ...
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  • Politics
    By Ian Scoones
    June 27, 2016
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    Uncertain trade, less progressive aid and a new colonial-minded PM? What Brexit means for Africa

    Chaos has been unleashed and we all will be poorer because of Brexit, including in Africa. 23 June saw the UK vote for Brexit. A populist ...
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  • PoliticsZimbabwe
    By Ian Scoones
    January 18, 2016
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    China and Zimbabwe’s all-weather friendship

    Despite its significant mineral wealth and economic opportunities, Zimbabwe may be more important to China as a symbolic friend. At the end of last year, China’s President ...
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    By Ian Scoones
    September 22, 2015
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    Hot air or real hope? The radical potential of the SDGs

    Putting aside the goals and targets, the wider politics of the Sustainable Development Goals might just about create some space for genuine transformation. Later this week, heads ...
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  • PoliticsZimbabwe
    By Ian Scoones
    September 15, 2015
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    The Mujuru manifesto: What will it take to unseat Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF?

    Joice Mujuru’s ‘manifesto’ is only subtly different to other parties’ policies. The real battle for power in 2018 will entail making elite alliances and attracting key constituencies.  Zimbabwe’s 2018 election ...
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