Our research has shown how land reform has driven the growth in small towns, creating new economic linkages in a reconfigured economic geography of the country. No longer are the metropolitan centres ...

This is not replicated in nearby small towns, with Gutu-Mpandawana having seen significant growth in recent years, with the number of stands growing four-fold from 1000 since 2000 according to the ...

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with ...

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Since 2000 we have been tracking the changes in three small towns in different parts of the country: Mvurwi in Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central, Chatsworth in Gutu district in Masvingo province ...