Zimbabwe�s Lost Decade: Politics, Development and Society

List of Acronyms

ix ACHPR African Council for Human and People’s Rights ACPD African Community Publishing & Development ANC African National Congress ANC African National Council AIPPA Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act AU African Union BACOSSI Basic Commodities Supply Side Intervention BSAC British South African Company BIPPA Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement CCJPZ Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe CSVR Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation CIO Central Intelligence Organisation CSOs Civil Society Organisations CHRA Combined Harare Residents Association CFU Commercial Farmers Union COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CAZ Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe COPAC Constitutional Parliamentary Committee CSU Counselling Services Unit CZC Crisis Zimbabwe Coalition DP Democratic Party DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DFID Department for International Development EDF European Development Fund EISA Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa EMCOZ Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Programme ESC Electoral Supervisory Commission EU European Union FCTZ Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe FTLR Fast Track Land Reform FPTP First Past the Post FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation List of Acronyms x Zimbabwe’s Lost Decades x FROLIZI Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe GAPWUZ General Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe GPA Global Political Agreement GNU Government of National Unity GDP Gross Domestic Product IFIs International Financial Institutions IMF International Monetary Fund JAG Justice for Agriculture JOC Joint Operations Council LRF Legal Resources Foundation MDC Movement for Democratic Change MDC- T Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai MDC-M Movement for Democratic Change-Mutambara MPOI Mass Public Opinion Institute Misa-Zimbabwe Media Institute of Southern Africa–Zimbabwe NAGG National Alliance of Good Governance NCA National Constitutional Assembly NDP National Democratic Party NANGO National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations NUST National University of Science and Technology ODA Overseas Development Administration OM Operation Murambatsvina ONRHI Organ of National Reconciliation, Healing and Integration PCC People’s Caretaker Council PF Patriotic Front PF ZAPU Patriotic Front Zimbabwe African Peoples Union PR Proportional Representation POSA Public Order and Security Act RBZ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe RENAMO Mozambique Resistance Movement SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference SADC Southern Africa Development Community SADC RHDR SADC Regional Human Development Report SALO Southern Africa Liaison Office SPT Solidarity Peace Trust SRANC Southern Rhodesia African National Congress TNDP Transitional National Development Plan UANC United African National Council xi xi List of Acronyms UDI Unilateral Declaration of Independence UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund USD United States Dollar UZ University of Zimbabwe WFP World Food Programme WOZA Women of Zimbabwe Arise ZANLA Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ZANU Zimbabwe African National Union ZANU-PF Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front ZAPU Zimbabwe African People’s Union ZCTU Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ZEC Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZESN Zimbabwe Election Support Network ZFTU Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions ZHDR Zimbabwe Human Development Report ZHR NGO Forum Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum ZIDERA Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act ZLHR Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ZIMPREST Zimbabwe Programme for Economic and Social Transformation ZINASU Zimbabwe National Students Union ZIPRA Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army ZNA Zimbabwe National Army ZNLWVA Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association ZPP Zimbabwe Peace Project ZUD Zimbabwe Union of Democrats ZUM Zimbabwe Unity Movement ZWD Zimbabwe Dollar ...