This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural to … Zimbabwe's recent economic and political turmoil. Together the cases suggest that, similar to Hoddinott's work on the … persistence of the 1993-94 rainfall shock in rural Zimbabwe, above and beyond increased mortality rates and morbidity levels …

Vulnerability to poverty is a major problem in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. Rural Households are confronted … multi-period stochastic household income model. The data were collected in a case study in Zimbabwe using detailed monthly … rural households in Zimbabwe are highly vulnerable to seasonal fluctuations in income and therefore a critical period where …