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Jobs, Upliftment, Investment Capital and the Environment (JUICE)
Movement
for Democratic Change
November
29, 2012
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Introduction
Zimbabwe is
a structurally weak economy arrested by "enclavity",
huge levels of poverty, social underdevelopment, decayed infrastructure
and a crippling debt overhang. Regrettably, 32 years of a Zanu PF
government have compounded the country's structural problems
as self-induced policy distortions we implemented by a government
with neither the vision nor the craft competence of moving the country
forward.
At the epicenter
of Zimbabwe's woes is the economy's failure to create
jobs. Jobs are not just the engine of poverty reduction or a derivative
of growth - they are transformative in and of themselves, and can
help drive the pathways to development.
This policy
document is the MDC's job plan and sets out the foundations
of a multi-sectoral approach to job creation, wealth creation and
poverty alleviation.
In its first
5 years an MDC government will implement coherent, effective and
forward looking policies to address Zimbabwe's longstanding
economic problems of high unemployment, deepening poverty and inequality.
It will establish a pathway for inclusive and sustainable long-term
growth based on a broad based human upliftment model.
The MDC's
entry into a coalition
government in 2009 led to a structural recovery of the economy
and the restoration of our international dignity following a decade
of negative economic growth and economic mismanagement. The MDC
government will consolidate the recovery we initiated and provide
a firm foundation for macroeconomic stabilization and growth.
The MDC Policy
- Jobs, Upliftment, Investment Capital and the Environment (JUICE)
is our framework to create jobs, and build a strong, growing economy
that is financially and environmentally sustainable, where growth
is evenly shared across the country and not by a privileged few.
With more than 8 in every 10 people unemployed, the pressing need
for our government will be to create new jobs, which are more empowering
than indeterminate share ownership. This policy document sets our
plan for spurring growth, long term prosperity and a credible route
to a 21st century economy.
In conceiving
JUICE, the MDC is guided by the following objectives:
1. Creating
decent employment opportunities for all Zimbabweans.
2. Creating an enabling environment for citizens to acquire entrepreneurial
skills and to flourish in doing business with no hindrance aside
from standard laws that protect workers, communities, consumers
and our ecology.
3. Establishing a friendly environment for both domestic and Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) to rapidly increase the productive sector's
capacity utilization to a level that ensures job creation through
genuine capital investment.
4. Enabling policies that promote capital formation through efficient
financial markets.
5. Greater integration with regional and global markets to facilitate
sustainable growth.
6. Implementing a comprehensive program that provides for the delivery
of good-quality social services such as education and healthcare,
in a way that is affordable to all.
7. Restructuring the ownership and control of the economy through
a broad based economic empowerment programme, which meets the needs
of all Zimbabweans.
8. Provide opportunities to every citizen to pursue happiness, achieve
social justice and nurture our natural environment in a democratic
society without state bureaucratic hindrance.
9. Manage our foreign debt.
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