The coping strategies employed by rural households during the economic crisis in Zimbabwe, 2008-2009
The study explores the coping strategies employed by rural households during an economic crisis. The essential part of this research was to explore the impacts of the economic crisis and the strategies which were employed during the economic crisis in Zimbabwe in the period of...
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| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11408/2451 |
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| Summary: | The study explores the coping strategies employed by rural households during an economic
crisis. The essential part of this research was to explore the impacts of the economic crisis and
the strategies which were employed during the economic crisis in Zimbabwe in the period of
2008-2009. Further suggestion measures to enhance the resilience of rural households’ in future
economic crisis were presented. A qualitative research approach was used by the researcher
with unstructured and structured interviews as data collecting tools. The researcher found out
that the strategies employed were based on available resources on household level and their
access to basic livelihood resources on community level. |
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