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Zim-EU country strategy paper
European Union
July 31, 2008

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This country strategy paper has been prepared following an intensive consultation process with the national authorities and non- state actors. Owing to major disagreements on the interpretation of essential elements of the Cotonou Agreement both sides could not agree on a joint political analysis. The views of each side are therefore presented separately.

During the last seven years following the implementation of a fast track land reform Zimbabwe has faced serious economic difficulties with a contraction of the economy of more than 30%. The country is faced with a variety of serious problems in many sectors compounded by the HIV/AIDS problem and a brain drain of qualified people. The country finds itself in a protracted humanitarian crisis.

Though the country has developed a number of strategies in economic, social and agricultural sectors these have failed to address the problems. In the social sectors major challenges are linked to a lack of human and financial resources.

The Country Strategy Paper addresses the humanitarian challenges in supporting "human and social development" as a focal sector. The economic challenges are mainly addressed through support to the agricultural sector as the backbone of the economy. Government selected "rural development, agriculture, territorial planning, food security and environment" as the second focal sector. Finally, "trade and regional integration " as well as "support to none state actors" were chosen as non- focal sectors. Governance shall be a crosscutting issue in all development programmes including democracy, human rights, the rights of children and indigenous people. It will be important to mainstream HIV/AIDS, gender and environment in most of the programmes.

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