Title: The economic consequences of internal displacement in Zimbabwe

Authors: Robson Mandishekwa; Enard Mutenheri

Addresses: Department of Economics, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe ' Graduate School of Business Leadership, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

Abstract: Internal displacement occupies a central place among mass population displacements especially in Africa where IDPs have outnumbered refugees. This has become known as Africa's new dilemma. Despite increasing trends in the number of IDPs, few studies have been done in Africa, especially focusing on economic consequences of internal displacements associated with mining. With this in mind, the study sought to determine the economic consequences of mining-induced internal displacement in Arda Transau, Zimbabwe. Categorical variables were analysed using McNemar's test, Stuart-Maxwell test and sign test while Wilcoxon test was used to analyse continuous variables. Findings indicate that IDPs lost significantly in terms of employment, income, land and size of animal herds. These findings corroborate existing literature. The policy implications from the study include the need for government to avail more land and also introduce income generating projects as ways of rehabilitating displaced families.

Keywords: mining; economics; internal displacement; Zimbabwe.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMBS.2020.111440

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 2020 Vol.6 No.3, pp.206 - 233

Received: 22 Oct 2019
Accepted: 15 Mar 2020
Published online: 26 Nov 2020 *

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