An Evaluation of Zimbabwe's Growth Centre Strategy

This book is an evaluation of Zimbabwe s post-colonial Growth Centre Strategy with a special focus on Birchenough Bridge(BB) Growth Point in Manicaland Province. It examines issues such as the origins of the strategy both before and after the country s independence in 1980, activities at the centre, challenges confronting it and prospects for the future. Conclusions made at the end are not only relevant to BB but also other centres in Zimbabwe

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Jemitias Mapira is a lecturer of Geography and Environmental Science at the Great Zimbabwe University where he has been employed since 2003. He has published three textbooks and numerous articles in refereed journals. He is also a PhD student at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He holds a Masters degree in Environmental Science.

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This book is an evaluation of Zimbabwe's post-colonial Growth Centre Strategy with a special focus on Birchenough Bridge(BB) Growth Point in Manicaland Province. It examines issues such as the origins of the strategy both before and after the country's independence in 1980, activities at the centre, challenges confronting it and prospects for the future. Conclusions made at the end are not only relevant to BB but also other centres in Zimbabwe