NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1

1 HARARER epublic of ZimbabweNATIONALDEVELOPMENTSTRATEGY 116 NOVEMBER 2020 Towards a Prosperous & Empowered Upper MiddleIncome Society by 2030 January 2021 December 2025 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: website: Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. Republic of Zimbabwe Towards a Prosperous & Empowered Upper Middle Income Society by 2030 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 January 2021 December 2025 November 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS ZIMBABWE FACT FILE ..ii ZIMBABWE MAP .. iii FOREWORD .. iv PREFACE .. vi NDS1 EXECUTIVE ACRONYMS .. xviii CHAPTER 1 .. 1 CONTEXT OF THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 (2021-2025) .. 1 1 Policy Thrust under the Second Republic.

2 2 Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP).. 3 Thrust of the NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1: 2021-2025 .. 5 Managing for DEVELOPMENT Results under NDS 1 .. 8 NDS1 Key Success Factors .. 11 NDS1 Cross Cutting Issues .. 13 CHAPTER 2 .. 14 NDS1 MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK .. 14 Recent Economic 14 Macroeconomic Outlook .. 16 Key Pillars of the NDS1 .. 18 Overview of NDS1 NATIONAL Priorities .. 19 Fiscal, Monetary and External Sectors .. 24 CHAPTER 3 .. 26 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STABILITY .. 26 26 Sustainable Economic Growth .. 26 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 Key Strategies for Sustainable Economic Growth .. 28 The Locomotive Sectors for Sustainable Growth .. 29 Key strategies for productive sectors .. 29 Strategies for tourism.

3 34 Macroeconomic Stability .. 38 Monetary Policy .. 38 Financial Sector Stability .. 42 Fiscal Policy .. 46 Expedite State Enterprises and Parastatal Reforms.. 53 Public Debt Management Strategies .. 55 Inclusive Growth .. 57 Decent 57 CHAPTER 4 .. 61 FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY .. 61 61 Situational Analysis .. 61 Cereal Production .. 62 Livestock Production .. 63 Access to 64 Horticulture .. 68 Global Compensation Agreement .. 74 Irrigation DEVELOPMENT and Water Harvesting .. 77 Nutrition Security .. 78 Nutrition Security Outcomes .. 78 CHAPTER 5 .. 81 STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND VALUE CHAINS .. 81 81 Situational Analysis .. 81 ..ALUE CHON ANDUEN AHAIND .. 74 .. 61 .. DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 Transforming the Economy.

4 84 Value Addition .. 85 Mineral Beneficiation .. 97 Improving linkage of the Services Sector with Productive 106 Enhancing Competitiveness .. 107 CHAPTER 6 .. 110 INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES AND DIGITAL ECONOMY: THE ECONOMIC GROWTH ENABLERS .. 110 Infrastructure and Utilities .. 110 Situational Analysis .. 110 Strategies for improving Infrastructure and Services .. 112 Energy Supply .. 112 Strategies to increase energy supply .. 113 Strategies to improve Access to Modern Energy .. 115 Programmes and Projects .. 115 Outcomes of Energy efficiency .. 116 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene .. 117 Key Strategies to increase Access to Improved Sanitation Facilities .. 120 Transport Infrastructure and Services .. 120 Programmes .. 122 Outcomes of Rail Transport.

5 125 Programmes and Projects .. 126 Outcomes of Air Transport Infrastructure and Services .. 126 Strategies to Improve Air Transport Infrastructure and Services .. 127 Digital Economy .. 129 Access and Usage of 130 CHAPTER 7 .. 135 HOUSING DELIVERY .. 135 135 Situational Analysis .. 135 Delivery of Affordable and Quality Settlements in Urban and Rural Areas .. 137 Outcomes of Delivery of Affordable and Quality Settlements in Urban and Rural Areas .. 137 Shelter for Households .. 138 Strategies to Increase Shelter for Households .. 138 Programmes and Projects .. 140 Improving Land Delivery for Urban and Rural Housing .. 140 Strategies to improve Land Delivery for Urban and Rural Housing .. 141 Programmes and Projects for improved Land Delivery.

6 141 Access to Basic Services Infrastructure .. 142 Strategies to Improve Access to Basic Services Infrastructure .. 142 Programmes .. 144 Improving Access to Social Amenities .. 144 Strategies to Improve Access to Social Amenities .. 144 Projects .. 145 Access to Housing 145 Strategies to increase Access to Housing Finance .. 145 Regularisation of Informal Settlements .. 146 CHAPTER 8 .. 148 HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION .. 148 Specialised Workforce .. 150 Innovation for Industrialisation .. 152 Strategies to Increase Innovation for Industrialisation .. 152 Strategies to realise Access and Utilisation of Advanced Knowledge and Technologies .. 153 Access to Quality, Equitable and Inclusive Education .. 154 Strategies to Improve Access to Quality, Equitable and Inclusive Education.

7 154 Uptake and Application of STEM /STEAM Subjects .. 156 Strategies to Improve Uptake and Application of STEM /STEAM Subjects .. 156 Specialist Skills for Industry, Commerce and Public Sector .. 157 Strategies to improve availability of Specialist Skills for Industry, Commerce and Public Sector .. 157 Innovation, Science and Technology DEVELOPMENT .. 158 Strategies to improve Innovation, Science and Technology DEVELOPMENT .. 158 Science and Technology Innovation Ecosystems .. 159 Strategies to improve Science and Technology Innovation Ecosystems .. 160 CHAPTER 9 .. 162 HEALTH AND WELLBEING .. 162 162 Public Health and Well-being .. 162 Improving quality of life .. 165 Improving domestic funding for health .. 165 Improving human resource performance in the health sector.

8 166 Improving Access to Essential Medicines .. 166 Improving Access to Primary & Secondary Health Care and Enabling Environment for Health Services Delivery.. 167 Reducing Morbidity and Mortality due to Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases .. 168 Healthy Lifestyles and Sport for Health Purposes .. 169 Access to Water, Sanitation and Healthy Environment .. 169 CHAPTER 10 .. 171 IMAGE BUILDING, INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND RE-ENGAGEMENT .. 171 Situational Analysis .. 171 Image Building .. 172 Informed Nation and International Community .. 173 Competitive Branding .. 174 International Relations .. 175 Improving Diaspora Participation in NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT .. 176 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 CHAPTER 11 .. 177 DEVOLUTION AND DECENTRALISATION.

9 177 177 Situation Analysis .. 177 Devolution and Decentralisation Policy .. 179 Inclusive Governance and Socio-Economic DEVELOPMENT .. 180 Strategies to Improve Inclusive Governance and Socio-Economic DEVELOPMENT .. 181 Programmes to Improve Inclusive Governance and Socio-Economic DEVELOPMENT .. 182 CHAPTER 12 .. 184 CROSS CUTTING ISSUES .. 184 Youth, Sport, Art, Culture and Gender Mainstreaming .. 184 184 Youth .. 184 Situational Analysis .. 184 Improving Youth Participation .. 185 Programmes .. 186 Gender Mainstreaming .. 187 Strategies in Mainstreaming Gender in the DEVELOPMENT Process .. 188 Outcomes on Youth, Women and Gender Mainstreaming .. 189 Strategies to Achieve Gender Mainstreaming .. 189 Sport, Arts and Culture.

10 190 Increasing Participation in Sport and Recreation .. 191 Strategies .. 191 Programmes .. 191 Financial 195 Social Protection, Poverty Alleviation and Safety Nets .. 196 196 Situational Analysis .. 197 .. Safety leviationafviay Nets on . NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 Quality and Affordable Social Protection .. 198 Reducing Extreme Poverty and Improving Access to Basic Social Services.. 198 Strategies to Improve Access to Basic Social Services .. 199 Programmes and Projects .. 200 Improving Care and Protection of Vulnerable groups .. 200 Strategies to Care and Protection of Vulnerable groups .. 201 Programmes and Projects .. 201 Improving livelihoods for the Poor and 202 Programmes and Projects .. 202 Enhancing Job and Income Security.