In this essential book, Dr. Jessica Hamadziripi proposes a framework for

poverty eradication in one of the world's poor nations : Zimbabwe. She

demonstrates the need of development for home-sourced finance, parallel

to a «framework for Indigenization and Empowerment» capable of generating

incomes at personal and household level sufficient to meet the daily necessities

of life.

Dr. Hamadziripi stresses that these home-grown approaches might fail if

citizens are not empowered at the local level.

Furthermore, from her standpoint as a Zimbabwean, she also points out

some critical voids in the Millennium Development Goals. For example,

agriculture is not specifically mentioned in the MDG, even though the majority

of Africa's - and Zimbabwe's - poor families are, actually, rural farmers. With

their focus on primary education, enrollment and completion, the Millennium

Development Goals have left aside agriculture and finance, which have strategic

implications on economic growth.

Dr. Hamadziripi's research suggests that a 'one size fits all model' will not

sufficiently respond to the profile of Zimbabwe; however, her study does find

a set of similar constraints in meeting MDGI, such as the lack of health care

absorptive capacity, poor access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, a

weak educational system, human resource limitations, and others. The measures

she suggests include political, organizational, and functional improvements, and

the need to nurture local organizations.