In the context of AIDS and a declining economy, one strategy for children to ensure their own livelihood is to engage in domestic employment. This study presents the findings of research based on interviews and discussions with child domestic workers in Zimbabwe. It examines at the circumstances that pushed them into employment, the hardships and humiliations they face, as well as the benefits they derive, including, in some cases, education. Argues that while child domestic wok is problematic, and often lays children open to various types of abuse, it can also offer critical support and patronage to very disadvantaged children. 128pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS.

Argues that the seeds of Zimbabwe's economic decline were sown soon after independence in unsustainable policy initiatives. Highlights lessons for countries struggling with the trade-offs between growth-orientated and redistributive policies. 18 figs, 73 tables, notes, bib, index, xiv, 329pp, UK. PALGRAVE

This is a study of urban governance, using areas of Zimbabwe's biggest city, Harare as case studies. It presents and discusses sets of perceptions of poverty and the poor which influence policy development and decision making among urban policy makers and shows the effects of positive as well as negative perceptions of the poor. Refs, tables, maps, 67pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171065032

A study of the manufacturing sector based on a three year survey of 213 firms after the introduction of the Economic and Structural Adjustment Programme in 1993-5. Pays particular attention to the great variation among firms in responses to the new economic environment. 10 figs, 141 tables, notes, refs, index, xvi, 304pp, UK. PALGRAVE

A collection of essays on the impact of globalisation on common property and resources in Zimbabwe. Refs, tables, 201pp, ZIMBABWE. WEAVER PRESS, 1779220103

A study of everyday life and the quality of living in a poor neighbourhood of Chitungwiza, an independent Zimbabwean town about thirty kilometres south of Harare city centre. Refs, maps, diags, 77pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171065113

A World Bank assessment of Zimbabwe's devastating increase in poverty during the 1990s. The authors analyse different reasons such as drought and structural adjustment. Refs, notes, 56pp, USA. WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS, 0821350331

Collection of studies on livelihoods in south-eastern Zimbabwe, looking at the essential contribution of child labour to productivity in poor families and how children and women suffer when development projects are placed in control of men. Two chapters explore the tension between conserving the environment and making money from it through crafts. Explores women's sexual labour, the inadequacies of new technologies in local conditions and the significance of local contexts in understanding how people manage resources. Bibliography, 168pp, ZIMBABAWE. WEAVER PRESS, 1779220030

A historical account of the country's manufacturing sector taking into account important events including the second World War, UDI, sanctions, the liberation struggle, and the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme. 12 tables, notes, bib, index, 132pp, ZIMBABWE. UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE PUBLICATIONS.