Analysing the determinants of poverty in Zimbabwe

Author

Mayebe, Malvern.

Title

Analysing the determinants of poverty in Zimbabwe

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the aspects that contribute to poverty in Zimbabwe. In order to answer the research topic and achieve its goals, the researcher employed secondary data from the World Bank website. The explanatory factors include GDP, inflation, unemployment, and literacy levels; the outcome is poverty, which was quantified using the poverty datum. line. With the overall goals of analysing the major determinants and risk factors causing high rates of poverty in Zimbabwe and investigating the connections and interdependencies among the identified determinants of poverty, this article expands Zimbabwe's poverty profiles into a model of poverty determinants. Throughout the procedure, the researcher employed logistic regression modelling to examine the association between the binary variable of poverty and its determinants. The model did not show the statistically significant drivers, but it is still unclear what precise investigation and approach will reveal additional information regarding Zimbabwean poverty. The results also demonstrate the relationship between literacy rates and unemployment rates. In Zimbabwe, unemployment, low household income, and the household head's low educational attainment are the major causes of poverty. To increase the robustness of the findings, the potential endogeneity of literacy levels was taken into account. This article makes several recommendations, including stepping up family planning initiatives, helping the underprivileged learn, redistributing land, and enacting investment-friendly laws to create jobs.

Date

June 2024

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Poverty,

Determinants,

Literacy rates

Supervisor

Mr. Kanjodo,