External Donors, Domestic Political Institutions and Post-Colonial Land Reform: A Comparison of Zimbabwe and Namibia.

[摘要] Land reform in Southern Africa has attracted a lot of attention from sovereign thirdworld government and those of developed countries. This followed the invasion ofcommercial farms in Zimbabwe and has a bearing on Zimbabwe’s neighboursespecially Namibia and South Africa. This paper examines why governments at timesadhere to land reform within the rule of law and at times does not, resulting instrained donor-government relations. A comparison of government-donor relations inZimbabwe and Namibia is explored. The crux of the argument is that land reform isdamaging when the rule of law is flouted by governments. Strained relations are aresult of ineffective agencies of restraint, lack of commitment by the governments,external donors and white commercial farmers to correct land injustices that came intoexistence as a result of settler colonialism.

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand