From Savings Mobilisation to Micro-Finance: A Historical Perspective on the Zimbabwe Savings Development Movement

Brian Raftopoulos
Associate Professor
Institute of Development Studies
University of Zimbabwe

Jean-Paul Lacoste
Ph. D Candidate
Institute of Development Studies
University of Geneva

Paper presented at the International Conference on
“Livelihood, Savings and Debts in a Changing World:
Developing Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives”

14^th - 16^th May 2001
Wageningen, The Netherlands

This paper was prepared for the F.A.O The Authors wish to acknowledge the cooperation of the staff of S.H.D.F. who provided information for this paper, as well as members of the donor community in Zimbabwe who spoke to us about their relationship with the S.H.D.F. However, the views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the organisations consulted