Zimbabwe - Rooted Poverty Persists

T/I 10:21:51 DEEP-ROOTED POVERTY PERSISTS IN ZIMBABWE Various, Zimbabwe Eng Comm Duration: 1.28 In 1993, for every dollar given in aid, rich nations took back three dollars from developing countries. The problem stems from the 1970s, when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) lent huge sums to countries that needed help to survive. Since then, Third World debt servicing has become an increasingly heavy burden. Many countries have had to undergo harsh economic reform as the price of continued credit. One such country is Zimbabwe, which for five years has been undergoing economic restructuring. But for Zimbabweans, the Economic Strutural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) has led to an increase in real poverty: new school fees are causing a reduction in school attendance; unemployment is increasing; health services are declining and infant and maternal mortality is rising. The unemployed and the poor are becoming stall-holders selling goods on street corners. Others bake bread for the local community. SHOWS: MBARE TOWNSHIP, NEAR HARARE, ZIMBABWE PAN of people sleeping rough. PORTA FARM, NEAR HARARE. Woman washing baby in bucket. Interior of shanty house. SEKE DISTRICT, 40KMS WEST OF HARARE Exterior of clinic. Woman holding crying baby in clinic attended by nurse. MABVUKU, 40KMS EAST OF HARARE Teacher in class PULL-OUT to WS of classroom with children singing and clapping. HARARE Exterior building with World Bank offices. Interior WS of office with meeting in progress, CU of man. FREEDOM MARKET, MBARE TOWNSHIP Market stalls. WS of market. MABVUKU Women around table with bread, singing. Woman putting bread loaves into fire. CU of fire. Man welding. Man sharpening equipment. SEKE CU pig. Man washing pig. Man digging ground. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6f89b25aa877c290bcf746258a3b9cc3 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork