An Evaluation of Disaster and Development Policy Practice in Zimbabwe

Abstract

This article evaluates the disaster and development policy practice in Zimbabwe theoretically and practically. The findings in this article revealed that the disaster and development policy structure and its implementation in Zimbabwe is centralized (top – bottom) approach and it is heavily fragmented. In particular, the overarching recommendation for this article is for the adoption of a disaster risk reduction theoretical framework in cementing the disasters and development linkages theoretically and pragmatically.