Zimbabwe Case Study 7th Pd by Pierce Conway https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7 en-us 2017-01-11 12:35:21 UTC 2017-01-11 19:10:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Wasted Potential https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146618976 -Children from wealthier and better educated families are much more successful in exam results that poorer children of similar intelligence levels. Bright people leaving school in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s failed to reach their full potential, and hence had decreased job prospects. Oxford University researchers studying disparities illustrated a strong link between economic background and academic achievement.]]> 2017-01-11 18:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146618976 Surreal disparities abound as Zimbabwean currency crumbles https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619537 - hyperinflation has risen by 269% in the last year and unemployment is over 70%
- government has seized white-owned farms and this led to black market sales to increase along with and increase in political violence
- top 3% of the wealthiest people in the country are not affected by the inflation and are contributing to the disparity]]> 2017-01-11 19:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619537 ethnic struggle pierceconway2 https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619695 -Former British colony
-Whites controlled government until 1980
-70% of arable land owned by 1% of population (whites)]]> 2017-01-11 19:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619695 Who Owns the Land? https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619857 -White farmers own much of the country's best agricultural land
-Much of the white-owned land is in more fertile areas with better rainfall
-Black farming areas are often in drought-prone regions

]]> 2017-01-11 19:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619857 Economic Crisis https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619878 -Major hyperinflation ( 1 dollar for 35 quadrillion dollars)
-IMFS states that further in 2015 the growth will weaken
- the Zimbabwe currency states that they are discontinuing the Zimbabwe dollar ]]> 2017-01-11 19:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146619878 Are Zimbabwe's New Farmers winning, 10 years on https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146620529 - dependence on the government is needed to survive
- government seized land from white landowners
- government attempted to redistribute land to the people that support the government
- past workers on the farmers were viewed as enemies and did not receive any land]]> 2017-01-11 19:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/pierceconway2/wxxubvjcm3k7/wish/146620529